blood management Articles
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Clinical Accuracy of the Embrace No Code Blood Glucose Management System - Case Study
About the Study: A study was performed to demonstrate the accuracy of the Embrace No Code Blood Glucose Management System (Embrace) compared to a clinical laboratory reference method (YSI-2300). Healthcare professionals performed the evaluation with 158 patients either with or without diabetes. Fresh capillary whole blood was tested using the Embrace system. Results were compared to YSI-2300 ...
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Huateng Pharma Develops Intermediates of Semaglutide For TD2
According to the latest IDF Diabetes map, the global prevalence of diabetes reached 10.5% in 2021, with 537 million adults living with diabetes. China has become a disaster zone for diabetes, with the largest number of adults with diabetes in the world. In the past 10 years (2011-2021), the number of people with diabetes in China increased from 90 million to 140 million, an increase of 56%. The ...
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How to support healthy blood sugar levels.
Healthy blood sugar levels are important for everyone. Maintaining healthy blood sugar levels can help reduce the risk of developing diabetes, kidney dysfunction, and problems with your eyes, gums, and nerves. Day-to-day healthy blood sugar levels will help with balancing energy levels, maintaining focus, and stabilizing mood. What Is “Blood Sugar?” Blood sugar, also known as ...
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Landmark study confirms that controlled blood pressure is key to prevent stroke, heart disease
Follow-up data from the landmark SPRINT study of the effect of high blood pressure on cardiovascular disease have confirmed that aggressive blood pressure management — lowering systolic blood pressure to less than 120 mm Hg — dramatically reduces the risk of heart disease, stroke, and death from these diseases, as well as death from all causes, compared to lowering ...
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Unravelling the Hypertension Puzzle
In this busy and crowded world, no one has the time or energy to look after themselves; our lack of effort and diminished sense of responsibility towards our health has led to stress, tension, and various health issues becoming an inseparable part of our lifestyle. One of the most popularly spread health issues is hypertension. According to estimates by The World Health ...
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Diabetic Burnout: What is it & how can we help ourselves?
Diabetes is a chronic health condition that affects how your body turns food into energy. Most of the food you eat is broken down into sugar and released into your bloodstream. When your blood sugar goes up, it signals your pancreas to release insulin. Insulin acts like a key turning on cells with sugar as fuel (energy). Diabetes affects your body’s ability to produce or use that insulin. ...
By EO2 Concepts
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Emerging therapy for HFpEF: SGLT2 inhibitors
Recent clinical trials investigating sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) have highlighted that this drug is highly effective in treating patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). HFpEF is a complex disease which accounts for more than half of all heart failure (HF) hospital admissions and is an increasing disease burden. [1] The prevalence of HFpEF is ...
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Unlocking nature’s secrets? How Nuritas harnesses AI to uncover hidden health-boosting ingredients
Biotech company Nuritas speeds up ingredient discovery in nutrition through AI, using techniques from the pharmaceutical industry where innovation and investment rates are much higher. Through its bioactive peptide finder, Magnifier NπΦ, the company can boast a clinical trial success rate of 80%. Development of an ingredient goes through three phases, from discovery to preclinical biology ...
By Nuritas Ltd.
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Understanding and Treating Diabetic Neuropathy
What is diabetic neuropathy? The most common complication of diabetes is neuropathy, which is nerve damagecaused by high blood sugar. Most neuropathy affects the legs, hands and feet and usually presents as numbness, pain or tingling. Diabetic neuropathy can also seriously impact the heart, blood vessels, digestive system and the kidneys. Symptoms can range from mild discomfort to extreme pain. ...
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New blood-based CRC test is more than 90% accurate, study says
A study of Universal Diagnostics' blood-based colorectal cancer test found it was more than 90 percent accurate, the company announced June 3. The blood test was found to detect colorectal cancer with 92 percent sensitivity and 97 percent specificity. It also was shown to have 89 percent sensitivity and 97 percent specificity detecting early-stage cancer. The test uses single target sequence ...
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Diabetes and COVID-19
As we celebrate World Diabetes Day its theme this year is more poignant than ever. Focusing on ‘the nurse and diabetes’, in a year which has seen us being hit by a COVID pandemic and our health service being challenged more than ever, it seems a fitting tribute to celebrate and shine a light on nurses in this way. And as the management of diabetes continues to be an important part of ...
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A Reflection on Blood Cancer Awareness Month: Patient Spotlight
As September and Blood Cancer Awareness Month wrap up, we want to reflect on a memorable conversation with Karen Thomas, a woman who received clonoSEQ® testing, and her physician, Dr. Hazma Hashmi, a hematologist-oncologist from the Medical University of South Carolina. At Adaptive, we know our diagnostic tests provide key information that help physicians and patients make treatment ...
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How magnets act with electromagnetic impulses
Researchers are now engaged in exploring the various alternative remedies to treat the general health related issues. Magnet therapy is one amongst the all. Since the ancient times people were aware of the health benefits of Magnet. Treating various physical illnesses with the help of magnet is known as Magnetic Field Therapy. The magnetic field has a great affect on human body. A proper balance ...
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Managing emotional wellness during the holidays
As the holidays begin, families and friends come together to celebrate. There’s much to be grateful for during this time, but the holidays can also bring up feelings of stress for many people. An important way to take care of yourself is to manage emotional wellness—not only to improve your overall health but to help you better enjoy the end of year festivities. Today we’ll ...
By Evidation
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