Friday, January 23, 2015

Forget Needles: For Diabetics, This Temporary Tattoo Tracks Blood Sugar Without Pain

One day, the tattoo could send blood sugar data directly to a patient's doctor, too.


To keep diabetes under control, patients sometimes have to check their blood sugar as many as eight times a day—before and after every meal or snack, before and after exercise, before bed, and in the middle of the night. It's a little like a part-time job, and it hurts: Each test requires a painful finger prick with a needle, so patients sometimes avoid it. But that may soon change.


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from Co.Exist http://www.fastcoexist.com/3041258/forget-needles-for-diabetics-this-temporary-tattoo-tracks-blood-sugar-without-pain?partner=rss

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