[Diabetes-talk] Diabetes Management and Driving

[William and Bernadette Jacobs]

Wow!  Ho ly buckets!!!  Then there are the people who actually have heart 
attacks behind the wheel!  Pretty scary!  Hard part is, ya can't do a thing 
to stop a lot of that stuff!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2011 2:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Diabetes Management and Driving


> Way cool!
>
> Mike Freeman
> sent from my iPhone
>
>
> On May 22, 2011, at 10:50, David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com> wrote:
>
>> FYI:
>>
>> Who knew that monitoring would  involve going to your car.  So maybe the 
>> blind driver challenge will have a double payoff (smile.)
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>>> Medtronic aims to monitor diabetes while you drive     By JANET MOORE, 
>>> Star Tribune        Diabetics and their caregivers know that constant 
>>> monitoring of their blood glucose levels is critical to managing the 
>>> disease -- even while driving. In an unusual partnership, Fridley-based 
>>> Medtronic Inc. and Ford have developed voice-controlled in-car 
>>> connections for drivers to monitor their blood glucose levels. A 
>>> prototype released Wednesday in Detroit allows the automaker's in-car 
>>> infotainment system, called Sync, to connect via Bluetooth to a 
>>> Medtronic continuous glucose monitoring device, sharing glucose levels 
>>> and trends. If the levels are too low, an alert is sounded. Constant 
>>> knowledge and control of glucose levels is critical for diabetics to 
>>> avoid hypoglycemia, or low glucose, which can cause confusion, 
>>> light-headedness, blurry vision and other potentially dangerous 
>>> symptoms. Nearly 26 million adults and children are currently living 
>>> with diabetes in the United States, according
> to the American Diabetes Association. Diabetes in particular is a chronic 
> disease where frequent monitoring of blood glucose levels throughout the 
> day is critical," said James Dallas, senior vice president of Medtronic. 
> By utilizing information technology and consumer electronic devices, we 
> can help patients actively manage their health via access to real-time 
> data on phones, hand-held devices or even in their cars. The technology is 
> still in the research stage, according to Ford. Medtronic's $1.2 billion 
> diabetes business is based in California. A cornerstone product is the 
> continuous glucose monitor, which alerts patients when their glucose is 
> too high or too low. That information enables the patient to make 
> adjustments on insulin intake with the company's diabetes monitor. Janet 
> Moore   612-673-7752         2011 Star Tribune. All rights reserved. 
> .
>>
>>
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