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An artificial pancreas device may help people with type 2 diabetes

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By Dennis Mann, Healthday Reporter (health day) FRIDAY, Jan. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — An artificial pancreas has long been considered the holy grail for people with type 1 diabetes, and new research suggests a more suitable version of the technology may help the millions of people living with the type. 2 diabetes. Type 2 … Read more

The NHS in England offers an artificial pancreas to help manage type 1 diabetes | diabetes

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More than 100,000 people with type 1 diabetes will be offered an artificial pancreas in England, which experts believe could become the ‘holy grail’ for managing the disease. The pioneering device uses an algorithm to determine how much insulin to give and reads blood sugar levels to keep them steady. A world first trial on … Read more