患糖尿病时,每两个小时左右就要抽一次血,以检查血糖量,这样带来极大不便。现在有一种工具问世,可以减轻痛苦。
Show Me Some Sugar1)
For diabetics2) on the go,drawing blood to check sugar levels every two hours or so is a major inconvenience.Now comes a tool to ease the anguish3).The wrist-mounted GlucoWatch Biographer checks sugar every 20 minutes by sending tiny electric currents through the skin.If a reading is abnormal4),the watch alerts the patient to recheck it traditionally.Future incarnations5) will replace finger pricks altogether.