by Bruce Brown | July 21, 2022 | Enabling Tech
The percentage of people who had diabetes in 2019 in the U.S. (11.3% or 37.3 million) and the world (9.3% or 463 million) continue to creep higher. Measuring blood glucose levels is part and parcel of managing diabetes. The worldwide demand for help for people with...
by Bruce Brown | November 28, 2017 | General News, Health
When confronted with global scale health threats, detection and prevention take more than just a village. Obesity and Type II diabetes both qualify as present day, large scale threats in most areas of the world. While scientists and researchers focus on causes and...
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by Bruce Brown | June 2, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Tattoos and body art offer intriguing possibilities for health tech wearables. We’ve written previously about tattoo stickers used to measure blood glucose and check vital signs. Rotex introduced a tattoo sensor at CES 2017 and temporary tattoos to check...
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by Bruce Brown | March 7, 2017 | General News, Health
Approximately 1.6 billion people in the world have diabetes or prediabetes, according to World Health Organization figures. Of that immense number, only 1 in 20 of those have Type 1, the autoimmune form of the disease. The remainder of diabetics and virtually all...
by Bruce Brown | March 1, 2017 | General News, Medical
Diabetes is a global pandemic afflicting more than 420 million people, according to the Word Health Organization (WHO). Diabetics face a lifetime of checking blood glucose levels and calculating and injecting the necessary amount of insulin. Artificial pancreas...
