Tom Goffe's Blog – February 2012 Archive (2)
BG Tests with Saliva on the Horizon?
Engineers at Brown University have been working on a device using nanotechnology that could be used to measure blood glucose concentrations in human saliva. According to the article, glucose concentrations in saliva are about 100 times lower than in blood.…
ContinueAdded by Tom Goffe on February 2, 2012 at 6:35am — No Comments
Fewer Amputations=Good News
Amputation. Scared yet? It was probably one of the first words you heard when you were told you had diabetes.
Since day one in my life with Diabetes it has been drilled into my head to "check your feet daily." Never, ever go barefoot. Not once - and I haven't except for the bathtub since January 10, 1994. With the risk that we have for poor circulation and nerve damage we might not notice, coupled with an impaired ability to heal normally, it is good advice. Something as simple as a…
ContinueAdded by Tom Goffe on February 1, 2012 at 12:30pm — 3 Comments
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