Device also improves blood sugar control, but more research needed, reports study.
THURSDAY, April 14 (HealthDay News) -- In the latest research to test the concept of an artificial pancreas for the management of type 1 diabetes, British researchers report that they were able to improve blood sugar control and reduce the risk of dangerous low blood sugars overnight.
An analysis of pooled data showed that the overall time that plasma glucose levels were in target "increased by a median 28 percent" with the artificial pancreas, said the study's lead author Roman Hovorka, a principal research associate at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.
Hovorka's team is one of several working to produce...
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