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African American women working night shift at risk for Type 2 diabetes

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Diabetes is serious illness for many Americans. The CDC estimates that 1 in 11 people have either Type 1 or Type 2 and 1 in 4 are entirely unaware. Studies show that 1 in 3 million people, or 86...

Fashion-Inspired Insulin Delivery

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Devina Kothari’s innovative solution for insulin delivery easily integrates into the user’s lifestyle with fashion-inspired wearable tech they can set and forget! It uses a closed-loop delivery method that detects blood glucose levels before slowly dispersing the appropriate insulin dosage. Not only automated, the process is also made pain-free by use of a micro-needle array where the diameter is smaller than that of a mosquito’s probe!

Additionally, integrated bio-sensors detect any unusual fluctuation in the patient’s glucose levels, pulse rate and other metrics and will automatically notify the appropriate party in the event of an emergency.

Designer: Devina Kothari

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Diabetics Rejoice: MannKind’s Insulin Inhaler Afrezza’s FDA-Approved

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MannKind's inhaler insulin Afrezza gained F.D.A. approval, Friday, June 27. Andrew Pollack of the New York Times offers a lot of good news for insulin-dependent diabetics in "Afrezza, a New...

Bret Michaels In Serious Condition with Flu

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Bret Michaels missed Friday night’s show in Wilkes-Barre, PA, after a sudden illness the night before. Saturday’s show in Albany, NY, may also be at risk of cancellation.Noise11’s Paul Cashmere’s “...

Blood Glucose can be Predicted in Advance

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Researchers at Penn State University have figured out a mathematical method of predicting glucose levels of type 1 diabetes patients with 90% accuracy ahead of time. In fact, the math model can tell...

Type 2 Diabetes Cure Found

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Medical research scientists have literally stumbled upon a rare genetic mutation which switches off the mechanisms responsible for type 2 diabetes. The threat of the devastating disease is cut by two...

Diabetes Risk can be Minimized

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Diabetes is a sickness that affects almost all organs and systems of the body. It has ravaged lives via its degenerative symptoms. Once the presence of glucose in the blood becomes commonplace, a...

Bye, Bye Big Needles

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Krystalin is an award winning medical design that introduces a new concept of next-gen disposable insulin delivery that aims to ease and simplify the process for diabetic patients. It’s easy to administer and track doses, but the biggest improvement by far is the elimination of the large needle component altogether. Hit the jump to see how it works!

Krystalin uses an array of crystal insulin which are grown into micro needles of size 450–550 microns over thin films. These non-invasive insulin patches (size 1cm x 1cm, equivalent to 10 units of insulin) are pain free and comparable to the mosquitoes needle sizes and can be used by both type1 and type2 diabetes. Once this patch is applied on to the skin, the crystal shaped insulin crystal gets dissolved and affects the patient immediately at subcutaneous level. The needles of the patch after being dissolved become blunt and can be disposed as it is no longer a bio waste.

Designer: Tawfik Manham, Arjun Raj Kumar and Sushant Darake

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Easing the Diabetic Burden

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The life of a diabetic involves an exhaustive number of components for monitoring blood glucose levels. The Cactus (hehe) concept combines all the necessities into one compact unit that fits perfectly into the modern lifestyle. One end measures glucose levels and the other injects the insulin amount automatically gauged from the first read. Wireless syncing to smart phones or tablets make it a dream-come-true for doctors and patients, making it possible to record and analyze results in less than half the time. Check out the vid!

Designer: Entwurfreich

CACTUS – Insulin-Management from ENTWURFREICH on Vimeo.

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