Posts Tagged ‘Blood Sugar Levels’

• 

  Liver cancer cells stop making glucose as they become cancerous

  Aug 3, 12 • 2871 Views • HEALTH • BRAINSTROM • No Comments

  As liver cancer develops, tumor cells lose the ability to produce and release glucose into the bloodstream, a key function of healthy liver cells for maintaining needed blood-sugar levels. As liver cancer develops, tumor cells lose the ability to produce and...

• Colour-changing contact lenses could replace painful skin prick tests for diabetics

  May 25, 12 • 2225 Views • Diseases, HEALTH, Update • Nirupama Surubhotla • No Comments

  Millions of diabetes sufferers face the daily grind of frequent skin prick tests to monitor their blood sugar levels. Now researchers have developed an innovative alternative that could reveal the same information in the blink of an eye. A team from The...