Sunday, September 30, 2007

Diabetes - Hope For a Simple Breath Test

According to scientists, they say it may be possible to use a breath test to monitor blood sugar levels in people with diabetes. Wouldn't that be great and so simple? US researchers have discovered people with type 1 diabetes exhale higher levels of methyl nitrates when their blood sugar levels are too high.There is a team from the University of Irvine in California that hope their work could replace the need for regular blood tests. You can see the study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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