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Category: Diabetes & Metabolic Diseases
Diabetes & Metabolic Diseases
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Diabetes & Metabolic Diseases
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BD to Spin Off Diabetes Care Business
The spinoff is expected to be completed in the first half of calendar year 2022.
Diabetes & Metabolic Diseases
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Genfit, LabCorp to Commercialize a Novel Diagnostic for Liver Disease
LabCorp will develop and commercialize a blood-based molecular diagnostic test powered by NIS4 technology to help identify patients with at-risk nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.
FDA Clears Glucose Meter for Use with Critically Ill Patients
Nova Biomedical, Waltham, Mass, has received FDA clearance for its StatStrip Xpress glucose hospital meter system to be used in all hospital and professional healthcare settings.
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Kit Verifies Tested Percentage of Glycohemoglobin A1c
The test kit enables clinical laboratories to complete their required HbA1c calibration verification and linearity testing and maximize the reportable range while minimizing manual dilutions.
Read MorePanasonic and Bayer Units Create Global Diabetes Care Business
Partnership strengthens commitment to providing high-quality and life-enhancing products to diabetes patients globally.
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Next-Generation FAD-GDH Enhances Blood Glucose Monitoring
Offering reduced xylose interference, the enzyme has a higher specificity to glucose and reduced cross-reactivity with other sugars, thereby increasing test accuracy.
Read MoreThe Portland Diabetes Protocols
A finely tuned set of orders for intravenous insulin infusions in hospitalized diabetic patients, the Portland Diabetes Protocols have been successfully used at institutions throughout the world to control hyperglycemia.
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Lipid Profile and Glucose Measuring System
The LipidPlus test system from Jant Pharmacal Corp, Encino, Calif, offers a convenient, accurate, and cost-effective way to screen patients for lipid disorders and help manage their treatment.
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Recent Trends in Diabetes Diagnosis and Monitoring
With the prevalence of diabetes continuing on an upward trajectory both in the United States and overseas, healthcare professionals are continuing to search for more effective methods of preventing, detecting, and treating the disease.
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FDA Approves First Blood Glucose Monitoring System for All Hospital Settings
The StatStrip Glucose hospital meter system from Nova Biomedical is the first blood glucose monitoring system to receive FDA clearance for use throughout all hospital and professional healthcare settings, including intensive care settings, and the only FDA-cleared system for the detection and management of dysglycemia throughout all professional healthcare settings, including critical care.
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Blood Glucose and Infections
Although most patients are unaware of their diabetic status when they are admitted to the hospital, having a high blood glucose level is an important risk factor for healthcare-associated infections.
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HbA1c Test Earns National Certification
Carolina Liquid Chemistries Corp has announced that its hemoglobin A1c glucose test has received certification by the National Glycohemoglobin Standardization Program.
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Glucose, Under Analysis
FDA has recently proposed creating two distinct standards for professional-use and home-use glucose meters for diabetic patients.
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Point-of-Care Test Detects Early-Stage Diabetes Complications
The NC-stat DPNCheck from NeuroMetrix is a rapid, quantitative test designed to detect diabetic peripheral neuropathy early enough to allow physicians to select appropriate treatment.
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HbA1c Test Receives FDA Clearance
Abbott Laboratories has received 510(k) clearance for the Architect Clinical Chemistry Hemoglobin A1c test, a tool to aid physicians in diagnosing and monitoring diabetes.
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National Diabetes Coalition Advises Caution on New Population Survey
Asian Americans at risk for obesity related disorders.
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Diabetes Tests Oft Times Not Being Ordered or Used Properly
A study suggests improved communication is needed between the lab and the clinician on when to follow up with a patient who has a significant change in HbA1c.
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