Artificial pancreas may help control type 1 diabetes.
On the front of its Business Day section, the New York Times (2/5, B1, Singer) reports that "a novel computer algorithm that analyzed children's glucose levels and recommended frequent adjustments in their insulin doses was better at preventing very low glucose overnight than a standard diabetes management system," according to a study published online Feb. 5 in The Lancet.
HealthDay (2/4, Dotinga) reported that the new "device, which combines blood sugar sensors and insulin pumps, give doses of insulin as needed to patients as they sleep." Cambridge University researchers discovered that "study participants spent twice as much time during the night at targeted glucose levels when they used the artificial pancreas system, compared to when they tried a 'manual' approach."
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