Our Nancy Wride has added blogging to her repertoire, and has this post on Lifescript about some new developments in diabetes treatment. From her post:
Monitors worn 24/7 to track blood sugar levels have been around awhile, but the technology and convenience continue to improve. Continuous glucose monitors have a hair-sized sensor wire that inserts beneath the skin of the abdomen secured with a sticky patch. Every five minutes, the sensor measures blood glucose and reports it to a receiver you wear like a pager. There are numerous brands of these products, which demand time and a commitment to managing blood sugar that not all people can muster. The calibrating and changing of the sensors takes time to replace for safety and hygiene every three or so days.
Cutting that time by more than half now, though, is DexCom’s Seven Plus, which was introduced to an Expo audience by Dr. Richard Berkson, associate clinical professor at UCLA’s School of Medicine. Seven Plus is the only FDA-approved continuous monitor that can be worn for a whole week.
And she has this post on a related topic.
