Medical Moment: Monitoring glucose levels using a bionic pancreas
People with type one diabetes will need to learn how to control their glucose levels and administer insulin throughout their entire lives.
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People with type one diabetes will need to learn how to control their glucose levels and administer insulin throughout their entire lives.
New breakthroughs are helping people with type one diabetes manage it easier than ever before.
The University of Colorado Boulder is working to improve a "bionic pancreas" that will serve as a tool to help people better manage their Type 1 diabetes.
Living with Type 1 diabetes is demanding—patients must stay on top of their diet and exercise, even if they’re living with technology like insulin pumps or continuous glucose monitors. But information science faculty Casey Fiesler and Steven Voida are optimistic that with the help of holistic technology, this will change. They’ve received a grant from the National Institutes
It’s believed that many of us spend seven hours or more in front of screens each day. In 2011, researcher Emmanuel Stamatakis, found that “…even those who exercise can’t overcome the detrimental effects of too much screen time,”