The US rations and Drug Administra...

The US rations and Drug Administration has approved a modern battery-operated laser that diabetics can use to experiment their blood sugar levels at domicile without the pain of pricking their fingers several times a day. According to a Dec 8 1998 pres release from the American Diabetes Association, the fresh laser uses a powerful beam of light to vaporize a tiny lair in the fingers of children and adult diabetics, allowing them to experiment their blood sugar levels. These touchstones are imperative for diabetics to time their insulin marksmans and control their glucose levels

Pricking fingers with the tiny razors known as lancets can be painful for many diabetics, especially children. Perhaps as a flow an estimated 70% of diabetics fail to criterion themselves daily, according to the release. This failure to tightly curb blood sugar levels can rise in blindness, heart disease, and other complications of diabetes.

Although the search continues for a noninvasive or minimally invasive way to proof glucose levels, the laser is a grade toward more pain-free testing. According to the release, patients who use the laser claim to either perceive nothing or feel considerably les pain than when using lancets. In addition, patients say their fingers are not sore or bruised the nearest day.

Diabetes Laser line Test Approved (press release, Washington, DO.. American Diabetes Association, Dec 8 1998) Available from www.diobetes.org/ada/laser.asp. Accessed 12 Jan 1999

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