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- <text id=92TT1518>
- <title>
- July 06, 1992: And Stop Bleeding!
- </title>
- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
- July 06, 1992 Pills for the Mind
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- THE WEEK, Page 22
- HEALTH & SCIENCE
- And Stop Bleeding!
- </hdr><body>
- <p>A new sensor will spare diabetics those daily finger pricks
- </p>
- <p> As if the physical symptoms and restricted diet aren't
- enough, many diabetics must also give themselves blood tests
- every day, pricking their fingers repeatedly to see how much
- sugar is in their blood. But a new sensor from Sandia National
- Labs -- yes, the nuclear-weapons people -- makes the chore
- painless. A powerful infra-red light shines through the
- fingertip; careful analysis of the light as it emerges reveals
- the exact composition of the blood coursing through that
- finger, including the precise percentage of sugar. Sandia is
- seeking a corporate partner to market the device.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
- </text>
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