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A new study by researchers at the Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics (IAP), Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has devised a new technique to test blood sugar levels. Blood glucose ...

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A test for abnormal fetal chromosomes can also detect maternal cancers—and physicians are struggling to incorporate that ...

Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine is collaborating with Netherlands-based medical robotics company Vitestro to test whether automated blood draw devices can be a scalable solution for U.S. hospitals ...

A 3-year-old pug in Mumbai received a continuous glucose monitor to track his high blood sugar levels. The CGM sensor, linked ...