Like every other kid nowadays, Ava Everson loves her gadgets. But not for their entertainment value. To the eight-year-old Niagara Falls girl, the gadgets she wears and holds can be life-saving technology. Ava has type 1 diabetes, a chronic, dangerous disease that can cause wild swings in blood glucose levels that require constant vigilance for […]
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Wearable Device for Heart Rate Variability Can Detect Early Hypoglycemia
A wearable device that measures real-time heart rate variability can detect early signs of hypoglycemia in patients with type 1 diabetes, according to study results published in Diabetes Care. To assess the ability of a wearable device to detect heart rate variability and alert users to early signs of hypoglycemia (glucose ≤70 mg/dL), researchers had […]