Diabetes Foundation Prevent Articles & Analysis
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An estimated 415 million people are living with diabetes in the world. Diabetes is a chronic disease, that causes blood sugar levels in your body to become too high, either due to your body not being able to respond properly to insulin or due to your body not being unable to produce any at all. If left untreated, this can lead to serious complications such as heart attack, stroke, obesity, eye ...
“There is growing evidence for the use of the therapeutic diabetes vaccine Diamyd also in prevention, says Ulf Hannelius, CEO of Diamyd Medical. ...
CORALVILLE, IOWA July 21, 2022 – Leadership from Digital Diagnostics – maker of IDx-DR, the first-ever FDA-cleared, fully autonomous AI system for the diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy – signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Investment during a ceremonial visit with United States of America President Joe Biden. With this ...
The first patient has now received its first intralymphatic injection of Diamyd® in the precision medicine Phase III trial DIAGNODE-3. The trial will include approximately 330 patients aged 12 to 29 years newly diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes who carry the genetically defined haplotype HLA DR3-DQ2. “The fact that the first patient is now enrolled in DIAGNODE-3 is a major milestone for ...
SOMERVILLE, Mass., March 24, 2022 — Podimetrics, creator of the FDA-cleared SmartMat™ and integrated clinical care services that can help save the limbs and lives of complex patients with diabetes, today announced a $45 million Series C round led by D1 Capital Partners, along with two new investors, the Medtech Convergence Fund and an undisclosed strategic investor. Existing ...
SOMERVILLE, Mass., January 18, 2022 — Podimetrics, a virtual care support company dedicated to preventing costly and deadly diabetic amputations, today announced results from its latest research, which compared the health of individuals during and after periods of diabetic foot ulceration — open sores or wounds on the foot, which commonly occur among those with diabetes and are the ...
PHILADELPHIA and SOMERVILLE, Mass., October 26, 2021 — Independence Blue Cross (Independence) and Podimetrics, a virtual care management company dedicated to preventing diabetic amputations, today announced an agreement for Podimetrics to remotely monitor Independence fully insured commercial members who have diabetes and a history of a diabetic foot ulcer with the use of the ...
VA Innovation Ecosystem leader recognized for the Initiative to End Diabetic Limb Loss. SOMERVILLE, Mass., June 29, 2021 — Podimetrics, a virtual care management company dedicated to preventing costly and deadly diabetic amputations, congratulates Suzanne Shirley today on winning the Service to Citizen Award in recognition for her leadership and dedication to the Veteran population ...
Reamputation Rates Have Not Improved Over Two Decades. SOMERVILLE, Mass., June 10, 2021 — Podimetrics, a virtual care management company dedicated to preventing costly and deadly diabetic amputations, today announced results from its latest research, which found patients with diabetes who have an amputation have a 37 percent chance of having reamputation within five years. The ...
Following booming growth period, virtual diabetes care management company receives additional Series B funding and adds to team of expert advisors SOMERVILLE, Mass., August 19, 2020 — Podimetrics, a virtual care management company with the leading solution to help prevent costly and deadly diabetic amputations, announced that Dr. Foluso Fakorede, Doug Ghertner and David Joyner have ...
Nearly 30,000 people across the country with Type 1 diabetes have received life-changing diabetes monitors through the NHS Long Term Plan. The innovative device, which is the size of a £2 coin and worn on the arm, means people with Type 1 do not have to carry out multiple painful finger-prick checks to monitor their blood sugar levels. Instead, people with the condition can monitor their ...
The agreement was the culmination of the Novo Nordisk sponsored MENA Diabetes Leadership Forum held on December 12-13 in Dubai. "We are confident that the Dubai Declaration will help the MENA region address the diabetes challenge, improving prevention, early detection and quality of care," says Lars Rebien Sørensen, president and CEO of ...
Coloplast"s donation programme Access to Healthcare just signed a contract with the World Diabetes Foundation (WDF) about a new healthcare project in India. The project aims to improve the treatment of diabetic wounds. ...