All posts tagged "Diabetes"

  • This photo provided by Seoul National University on March 22, 2016, shows a nanotechnology-based wearable device that a team of South Korean scientists have developed for more convenient diabetes monitoring and therapy. The graphene-using "smart patch" has improved the accuracy of blood sugar level measurements as it checks not only the glucose in sweat but also temperature and acidity, according to the Institute for Basic Science in Daejeon, some 160 kilometers south of Seoul. (Yonhap)
    S. Korea develops ‘nanotechnology patch’ for diabetes therapy

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — A team of South Korean scientists announced Tuesday that they have developed a wearable device, based on nanotechnology, for more convenient diabetes monitoring and therapy. The graphene-using “smart patch” has improved the accuracy of...

    • Posted March 21, 2016
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    [NPR] Being Thin Doesn’t Spare Asian Americans From Diabetes Risk

    We know that you can be fat while still fit, but how about skinny and unhealthy? This may be the case for many Asian Americans who look slim, but actually face a higher risk of diabetes...

    • Posted December 26, 2014
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  • Teens advised to cut sodium

    By Yoon Ja-young Diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure used to be called “adult disease” in Korea, but doctors started using the term “lifestyle disease” instead from a few years ago. They did so to stress...

    • Posted November 1, 2013
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