diabetes

Study: Apple Watch can detect diabetes with an 85% accuracy

Posted in Hardware on 10th Feb, 2018
by Alex Muller

According to Cardiogram founder Brandon Ballingers latest study, Apple Watch can detect diabetes in those previously diagnosed with 85% accuracy.

More than 100 million Americans have diabetes or prediabetes

Posted in Medicine on 10th Feb, 2018
by Alex Muller

The report finds that as of 2015, 30.3 million Americans, 9.4 percent of the U.S. population have diabetes.

Diabetes drug reverses symptoms Alzheimer's in mice

Posted in Medicine on 2nd Jan, 2018
by Alex Muller

A new study has found that a drug originally developed to treat diabetes could significantly improve the brains of those suffering from Alzheimer's disease.

Weight loss can cure type 2 diabetes

Posted in Medicine on 8th Dec, 2017
by Alex Muller

298 people with Type 2 diabetes were able to lose an average of 30 pounds of weight and half of them no longer had to take diabetes medication.

Smart Artificial Beta Cells Could Lead to New Diabetes Treatment

Posted in Medicine on 1st Nov, 2017
by Alex Muller

In experiments, UNC and NC State researchers led by Zhen Gu, PhD, designed synthetic beta cells to secrete insulin in response to high blood sugar.