The Scientist

Measuring Blood Sugar Without Painful Pricks? A New Test Scans Skin

Shining near-infrared light on a person’s skin helped scientists accurately track his blood glucose levels, offering a ...
News-Medical.Net on MSN

Noninvasive blood-glucose monitoring method could replace finger-prick tests for diabetes

A noninvasive method for measuring blood glucose levels, developed at MIT, could save diabetes patients from having to prick ...
body+soul

Researchers measuring blood glucose levels with light scanner

Using a device that shines near-infrared light on the skin to reveal the chemical composition of the tissue, a team of ...
Diabetes.co.uk

Noninvasive Raman device measures glucose through the skin in under a minute

Now, a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has taken a significant step towards true noninvasive glucose ...

How band-pass Raman spectroscopy lets you monitor blood sugar without pricking your finger

Breakthroughs in optical sensing, like band-pass Raman spectroscopy, promise a future free from painful finger-prick blood ...

5 key blood tests that can catch diabetes long before you feel anything wrong

Early detection of diabetes is crucial, especially in India, where many are diagnosed late. Experts highlight biochemical ...
Medscape

Pre-Prediabetes Testing With the Oral Glucose Tolerance Test

Prediabetes is essentially an intermediate condition between normal blood sugar levels and diabetes. Because it’s considered a significant risk factor for type 2 diabetes, as well as other ...
Healio

New-onset type 1 diabetes risk higher for young people with autoimmune disease

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The risk for type 1 diabetes is more than twice as high for teens and young adults with autoimmune disease.