Technological Interventions Merge Into Health And Fitness
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Although tracking blood glucose and steps taken per day through a cell phone sounds like something futuristic, researchers at the American College of Sports Medicine’s 55th Annual Meeting say the technology could be on the market in the near future.
A research team led by Suyi Li, M.S., and Weimo Zhu, Ph.D., FACSM believe this is the first time the two devices — step and glucose meters — have been combined together in a mobile phone.
Glucose is measured by a micro-meter that uses normal blood testing procedures and can be plugged into the phone’s serial port. The blood sugar level is then displayed on the screen, and is sent to a diabetes monitoring center through text messaging.
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Source: American College of Sports Medicine
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