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Diabetes
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People with diabetes may have to endure multiple, finger sticks every day to get blood samples for testing. But a new glucose test may do away with the pain even as it brings on the tears. Because the test uses tears instead of blood to glucose levels. The report is in the journal Analytical Chemistry. Researchers at the University of Michigan studied glucose in rabbits. They found that glucose levels are much lower in tears than in blood, but the difference is consistent. They thus to develop a enough system to detect sugar levels in tears. But why are researchers going to all this trouble just so people with diabetes can avoid a pinprick? In order to best control their glucose levels and prevent complications like kidney failure or limb amputation, some diabetics should be their blood multiple times a day. But the pain of jabbing a finger with a needle over and over keeps some patients from the testing they need. With a pain-free test, that deterrent would vanish, making blood sugar tests a lot sweeter.
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