Posts Tagged ‘diabetes news’

Only Nurses Can Give Insulin?

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Yesterday, November 21, the California Superior Court overturned an earlier agreement between the California Department of Education and the American Diabetes Association allowing unlicensed school personnel to administer insulin. The California Nurses Organization obviously was quite pleased with the decision as it now appears that only licensed nurses will be allowed to administer insulin injections [...]

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Reducing Insulin Punctures

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Here’s an interesting news video talking about three new medical inventions to help reduce the number of punctures associated with diabetes. It includes discussion of a new device to help diagnose diabetes by reading glucose levels through the skin, a new breath-based glucose monitoring device that would hopefully replace your normal glucose monitoring pricks, and [...]

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