WASHINGTON - Diabetes care is undergoing a transformation: Thousands of patients are switching from a few finger-pricks a day to track their disease to new sensors that keep guard around the clock.
The last six months brought boosts to the technology, as federal health officials approved children's use of a sensor that works for three days in a row — and cleared the longest-lasting version yet, a seven-day model, for adults.
The ultimate goal is to create an "artificial pancreas," pairing such sensors with implanted pumps that would automatically dispense insulin to make a diabetic's blood sugar better resemble a healthy person's.
WASHINGTON - Mementoes of Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull are being returned to his descendants, the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History announced Monday.
With a critical test vote looming Tuesday, the mayor of the District of Columbia joined allies from both parties in urging the Senate to approve legislation granting full voting rights in the US House to residents of the nation’s capital.
At a rally Monday, DC Mayor Adrian Fenty said, “Not since segregation has a senator blocked a voting rights bill.”
Green cars
DETROIT: US sales of new hybrid cars were up 49 percent in the first seven months of this year, due largely to a boom in sales in the Midwest, an auto information and marketing company said Monday.
Lefties have been bouncing back in recent decades, following a decline in the beginning of the 20th century, a new study shows.
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