Noninvasive Blood Glucose Monitors.One part of controlling diabetes is to regularly monitor your own blood sugar levels. The results of self-blood-sugar-monitoring allow the person with diabetes and their health care providers to adjust their diabetes plan as indicated. Research has shown that tightly controlling blood sugar can prevent or slow down the development of problems that can happen from diabetes. Current methods of self-blood-glucose-monitoring require a blood sample. This can be painful and difficult for people with diabetes, who may need to take blood samples up to four times or more per day. Therefore, scientists have been trying to find new ways for people with diabetes to measure their blood sugar without needing a skin puncture to get a blood sample (noninvasive method). Before a noninvasive device is available to the public, the device must pass inspection by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. ). It is FDA's job to make sure that any medical device is safe, accurate, and reliable. This inspection is important because decisions, such as adjusting the amount of insulin to take, will be based on the results of the device. To date, no device has been approved and it will probably be at least several years before one is approved. Some of the noninvasive ways being studied to measure glucose levels include * Shining infrared light through a person's forearm or finger. * Drawing glucose from the blood up through the skin using a low-level electrical current. * Measuring glucose levels in saliva or tears. To learn more about noninvasive blood glucose blood glucose Diabetology The principal sugar produced by the body from food–especially carbohydrates, but also from proteins and fats; glucose is the body's major source of energy, is transported to cells via the circulation and used by cells in the presence monitors, call the Consumer Information Service at FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health The Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) is the branch of the United States Food and Drug Administration responsible for the premarket approval of all medical devices, as well as overseeing the manufacturing, performance and safety of these devices. at (301) 443-4190. Additional Information on Noninvasive Blood Glucose Monitors The National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse The National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse(NDIC) is an information dissemination service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). The NIDDK is part of the National Institutes of Health, which is part of the U.S. collects resource information on diabetes for Combined Health Information Database (CHID CHID Combined Health Information Database (NIH) CHID Comparative History of Ideas (University of Washington degree program) CHID Chemicals and Hazardous Installations Division (United Kingdom) ). CHID is a database produced by health-related agencies of the Federal Government. This database provides titles, abstracts, and availability information for health information and health education resources. To provide you with the most up-to-date resources, information specialists at the clearinghouse created an automatic search of CHID. To obtain this information you may view the results of the automatic search on Noninvasive Blood Glucose Monitors. Or, if you wish to perform your own search of the database, you may access the CHID Online web site and search CHID yourself. National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse 1 Information Way Bethesda, MD 20892-3560 E-mail: National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse The National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC NDIC National Drug Intelligence Center NDIC National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse NDIC Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation NDIC National Defence Industries Council (UK defense) ) is a service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases About NIDDK The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, conducts and supports research on many of the most serious diseases affecting public health. (NIDDK NIDDK National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases ). The NIDDK is part of the National Institutes of Health under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Noun 1. Department of Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 Health and Human Services, HHS . Established in 1978, the clearinghouse provides information about diabetes to people with diabetes and their families, health care professionals, and the public. NDIC answers inquiries; develops, reviews, and distributes publications; and works closely with professional and patient organizations and Government agencies to coordinate resources about diabetes. Publications produced by the clearinghouse are reviewed carefully for scientific accuracy, content, and readability. This e-text is not copyrighted. The clearinghouse encourages users of this e-pub to duplicate and distribute as many copies as desired. NIH "Not invented here." See digispeak. NIH - The United States National Institutes of Health. Publication No. 99-4551 e-text posted: 17 March 1998 |
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