Google recently sent several of its employees to meet with staff from FDA’s medical device branch. Bloomberg speculates that the new product could be tied to biosensors. The employees in question hail from the company’s Google ...
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Integrity Applications and Ultramedix Australasia have signed an agreement for the distribution of Integrity Applications’ GlucoTrack non-invasive blood glucose measurement device in Australia and New Zealand. Subject to the ...
Farxiga (dapaglifozin) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat adults with type 2 diabetes, the agency said Wednesday in a news release. The drug, to be used for blood sugar control along with proper diet and ...
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Gadget lovers are slipping on fitness bands that track movement and buckling on smartwatches that let them check phone messages. Some brave souls are even donning Google's geeky-looking Glass eyewear. For the technology industry, this ...
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There's a sensor in a bra, in your socks, on your wrist, attached to your chest, in the ears: wearable tech is spreading all over the body. The growing use of embedded wearable devices connected to a smartphone is spawning a massive ...
Ford Motor Company is serious about what it terms "The Car That Cares." The company is working on embedding a significant amount of health-tracking technology into its vehicles to measure everything from driversFord:' stress levels to ...
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FDA has recently given Class I status to a recall of Abbott Laboratories' FreeStyle and FreeStyle Lite test strips, which indicates that the products could cause serious injury or death. Abbott voluntarily recalled the strips because they ...
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In this part 1 of a two-part series, a K-State veterinarian provides a look into how environmental factors, including heat stress, coupled with the use of beta-agonists potentially plays a role in cattle fatigue. In agricultural ...
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Gene defect prevents insulin from ever reaching bloodstream Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have found that dysfunction in a single gene in mice causes fasting hyperglycemia, one of the major ...
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It was years in the making, but Dave Fink is now the exclusive manufacturer of a Purina Animal Nutrition horse-hay product called Hydration Hay. A commercial hay grower from Germansville, PA, Fink worked with the feed company to develop a ...
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Metabolon, Inc., a world leader in metabolomics-based diagnostic tests and research services, announced today that it has raised $15 million in a Series E financing through the issuance of preferred stock. New investor Camden Partners led ...
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Caring for your glucose meter can help you get the most accurate blood sugar results. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration mentions these suggestions: Before use, read the instructions for both your glucose meter and test strips. ...
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Brookings, S.D. - Soil testing has proven to be a reliable tool to guide fertilizer recommendations. However, growers are looking for additional ways to confirm that soil and fertilizer applications are meeting the nutritional needs of the ...
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In a study published November 20, 2013 in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers looked at the association of nut consumption with total and cause-specific mortality among 76,464 women in the Nurses' Health Study and 42,498 men in ...
As you prepare for a holiday trip, don't forget to pack diabetes essentials. The American Diabetes Association offers these suggestions: Pack extra supplies and medication; a good rule of thumb is to pack double what you think you'll ...
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