Smart bandage to help diabetics
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A smart bandage studded with sensors could help people with diabetes maintain good health.
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A prototype artificial skin which can be used to heal wounds has been developed by British researchers.
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By Anne KrishnanFORGET GAMES AND RING TONES --Â A Durham company wants to help patients use cell phones to manage diabetes. Confidant Inc. has developed technology that lets mobile phones wirelessly receive, analyze and transmit data from glucose meters and blood pressure cuffs.
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New Delhi: American nanotechnology researchers at the University of Illinois have demonstrated a tiny, implantable detector that could one day allow diabetics to monitor their glucose levels continuously without ever having to draw a blood sample.
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A gel to speed up wound healing and reduce scarring is being developed by UK scientists.
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Giving children with type 1 diabetes an infusion of blood saved from their own umbilical cords helped reduce the severity of their disease, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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For people with type 2 diabetes  and moderately elevated blood glucose levels, the medication  vildagliptin, sold under the brand name Galvus, can produce  long-term improvements in the functioning of the  insulin-secreting beta cells in the pancreas along with better  glucose control, researchers report.
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Scientists say they have made a breakthrough in transplant technology that could help cure more people with diabetes.
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Weight loss surgery can be especially helpful to patients with diabetes and can even help them reverse the disease, Australian researchers reported on Tuesday.
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A computerized brace lets people recovering from knee injuries get their therapy on the go.
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A study finds a polyester mesh stocking pulled up over the wide bottom of a weak heart can help it pump better and even shrink back to a more normal size.
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With the Walk for Diabetes today in Portsmouth, the search for a cure for the more than a million Americans who have Type 1 diabetes comes into focus.
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NEW YORK  - Using a low-level electrical  current across the skin, the GlucoWatch Biographer device can  supply as many as three glucose measurements per hour.
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Armed with miniaturized medical devices, surgeons bring advanced care to soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan just moments after they're hurt. By Randy Dotinga.
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NEW YORK  - People with diabetes often  suffer from chronic and sometimes severe pain, and this can  create difficulties for them in the management of their  condition and with self-care activities, researchers have  found.
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NEW ORLEANS -- A polyester mesh stocking pulled up over the wide bottom of a weak heart can help it pump better and even shrink back to a more normal size, a study found.
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Scientists have drawn inspiration from the gecko lizard to develop a waterproof adhesive bandage for surgical wounds and internal injuries.