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It’s a sad reality in health care today; advances are not made until there are enough afflicted patients to make the advancement profitable. Well, with the startling growth rates of diabetes, here come the breakthroughs.

In a move aimed at diabetic kids, LG has creates a phone that can help children monitor and report their blood sugar levels:

Patients place a drop of blood on a test strip that is then inserted into a slot on the phone, Kim says. An application calculates the blood glucose level and displays it on screen. The phone can automatically send the results via text messaging to caregivers, who can reply back with recommendations for insulin dose levels or other advice.

The system is being marketed to children and the elderly, two vulnerable groups that must be closely monitored and need frequent feedback on treatment options

Of course, after getting the reading and entering it in the phone, you still need someplace to send the information.

Once the reading is done, the included software can forward it via the cell phone to a HealthPia data center. Later with the press of a single button the user can retrieve the data on the phone or simply by connecting to HealthPia at home.

The collected data will also be used to do an in-depth analysis of the values both by the software and above all by the HealthPia Guardian that is follows the cell phone user. The software is also able to manage meal plans by calculating the calories assumed and can give valuable information to the diabetic user.

If I were the parent of a diabetic child, I sure would like to be cc’d on those text messages. This sounds like a great step forward in healthcare.

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