More and more people the world over are becoming diabetic. Diabetes is a condition where the body produces less insulin or it does not use the insulin properly.
Diabetes is often termed as a killer disease. If diabetes is not treated, it can lead to many complications like blindness, neuropathy, kidney failure, heart failure and amputations.
Well, diabetes patients have to undergo regular sugar tests and also have to be under medication a whole life. However, patients can now relive because of the new technologies. There are glucose monitors, which help in monitoring the blood sugar levels and insulin pumps that dispense insulin without the need for injections.
Well, now researchers have successfully tested artificial pancreas that helps in regulating the glucose levels. The artificial pancreas is composed of an insulin pump and a blood glucose monitor.
Reports have said that the artificial pancreas tested was a great success. The primary results showed that the system helped in five-fold reduction of low blood glucoses and increased overall glucose control.
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