Health & Medicine
A glucose meter that changes colour when sugar levels rise provides continuous monitoring
28 Aug 2014
Cheap, effective system for constant blood glucose monitoring on cards
28 Aug 2014
Researchers have developed a new continuous glucose monitoring material that changes colour as glucose levels fluctuate, enabling doctors and patients to use it for automatic insulin dosing – something not possible using current point measurements like test strips
Diabetes risk calculator developed
25 Aug 2014
A new online tool will help doctors predict which patients are most likely to develop diabetes
Tickling your ear could be good for your heart
23 Aug 2014
Stimulating nerves in the ear could improve the health of your heart, researchers have discovered
Study identifies EU policy shift on tobacco control after massive industry lobbying
22 Aug 2014
Using a word coding technique, researchers tracked how the European Commission’s drafts on tobacco control policy changed markedly between 2010 and 2013, resembling tobacco industry submissions much more than those of health groups in the latter stages
Women fare worse than men following heart attack
20 Aug 2014
FDA-approved drug restores hair in patients with Alopecia Areata
18 Aug 2014
Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) have identified the immune cells responsible for destroying hair follicles in people with alopecia areata, a common autoimmune disease that causes hair loss, and have tested an FDA-approved drug that eliminated these immune cells and restored hair growth in a small number of patients
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