Editor's Pick: Apple May Transform Diabetes Care and Treatment: Report

Apple May Transform Diabetes Care and Treatment: Report

David Jones Apr 15, 2017 10:40 AM PT

Apple is working on a secret project to develop wearable devices that can monitor the blood sugar of diabetics without using invasive finger sticks, according to a report. Apple has assembled a team of biomedical engineers from various companies to work on the project. Glucose monitoring traditionally has required that diabetics use lancets to pierce their fingertips at least four times daily. [More...]

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