Meters and Test Strips
Individuals with Diabetes Who Use Meters to Monitor Their Glucose Levels Have Better Control Over Their Disease
June 6, 2013 (Newswise) — Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai will present several new studies at ENDO 2013, The Endocrine Society's Annual Meeting & Expo (ENDO) from June 15-18 in San Francisco.
Mount Sinai researchers will demonstrate new da
Email this Roche Response: FDA Test Strip Warning
August 13, 2009 (Roche Diabetes Care North America) - Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a notice about potential errors with select blood glucose monitoring test strips that use technology known as GDH-PQQ, which include ACCU-CHEK monitors as well as other monitors. The errors occur in a small number of diabetes patients who take certain drugs intravenously or by peritoneal catheter that may increase non-glucose sugars in the bloodstream. The presence of these non-glucose sugars may then result in falsely elevated blood glucose readings. The drugs and therapies avai
Email this Advice for Patients: Serious Errors with Certain Blood Glucose Monitoring Test Strips
August 13, 2009 (FDA) - For Diabetic patients and/or their caregiversAdvice NEVER use GDH-PQQ* glucose meters or test strips if you are using drug products or therapies that contain certain sugars other than glucose.*GDH-PQQ stands for glucose dehydrogenase pyrroloquinoline quinoneIssue Diabetic patients who receive drug products or therapies containing certain sugars other than glucose could experience serious, although rare, injuries if they use blood gluc
Email this Black Tea May Fight Diabetes
July 28, 2009 (Institute of Food Technologists) - Long known for its antioxidants, immune boosting and, most recently, antihypertensive properties, black tea could have another health benefit. Black tea may be used to control diabetes, according to a study in the Journal of Food Science, published by the Institute of Food Technologists.Next to water, tea is the second most consumed beverage in the world. Researchers from the Tianjin Key Laboratory in China studied the polysaccharide levels of green, oolong and black teas and wh
Email this The 'See Food' Diet
July 23, 2009 (EurekAlert) - Current research suggests that a diet high in omega-3 fatty acids may help prevent one of the leading causes of legal blindness among the elderly. The related report by Tuo et al, "A high omega-3 fatty acid diet reduces retinal lesions in a murine model of macular degeneration," appears in the August 2009 issue of the American Journal of Pathology.Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), loss of vision in the center of the visual field (macula) due to retinal damag
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