Although it sounds like a plot to a Michael Crichton novel, some insulin pumps could be hacked via a cyber security bug, according to a report from NBC News.
Johnson & Johnson is informing patients that cyber pirates could potentially hack into the devices and potentially cause an overdose. While the company’s executives know of no cases where this has happened, the J&J Animas OneTouch Ping insulin pump is vulnerable because the delivery of data on older pumps is not encrypted.
Measuring the circulating abundance of microRNAs is likely as effective as measuring the level of sugar in the blood for determining how a young person with the condition will fare, according to a study recently published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Researchers led by Jeanie Tryggestad, MD, an associate professor of pediatrics…
GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1s) and SGLT-2 inhibitors lower the risk of major cardiovascular events like heart attacks and severe liver complications compared to other diabetes treatments, according to data presented at ENDO 2024. Researchers reviewed Medicare data documented from 2013 to 2020 and a large U.S. health insurance database from 2013 to 2022. They performed…
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