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Diabetes: Latino Kids May Develop Type 2 Diabetes Due To A High-sugar Diet
Diet is a quite important matter for diabetic people. Everything they eat may have a consequence positive or not in their disease evolution. According to researchers from Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, overweight Latino ...

What Do You Need to Ask Diabetes Supply Company?
For many diabetic patients, getting the supplies they need can be a frustrating experience. There are many options that exist and many places that will even help you fill out the paperwork that is needed for your insurance company. However, sifting ...

What Is Diabetes? What Are The Risks?
Your doctor may have recently advised you have diabetes. Or you are overweight and you have discovered you may be at risk of diabetes. Others may have a friend or family member who has been diagnosed with the disease. Just what does diabetes mean and how ...




Accu-Chek&Reg; Multiclix Lancet Device - Diabetes Testing
 
Now you can reduce the pain and inconvenience of testing. Unlike conventional lancing systems, the ACCU-CHEK Multiclix lancet device is the only 1 with a six-lancet drum. That means you can have the least amount of painful testing with less hassle and improved safety.
There are 11 depth settings so you can choose your comfort level for testing your blood sugar. There is a no side-to-side motion so there is less skin tearing, over 90% of users ranked it least painful.*

Self-Contained Lancet with Six-lancet Drums.
Now you don't even need to see or handle the lancets. Just put the six-lancet drum in and you are ready to go.
Personal comfort.
With the 11 dept settings on the Comfort Dial, you are able to adjust the lancet depth to match your skin type and obtain just enough blood for accurate testing.
Precise Lancet Movement.
The precise linear sliding motion decreases the lancet's side-to-side movement so there is no tearing of your skin, providing greater comfort.
Accurate Manufactured Lancets.
Careful manufacturing make sure that your lancets have not been bent or contain broken tips that can result in even more painful testing.
This is a breakthrough in testing your blood sugar using lancets. There is always a chance of pricking yourself when removing the lancet after testing your blood sugar. There is also a chance of pricking yourself when removing the little piece attached to the lancet before testing.
Now just place the lancet drum in your device and you are ready to test your blood sugar.
Removing the lancet drum is also safe. Now you don't have to worry about pricking your finger.
Finally glucose meter testing companies are looking out for the safety of the patient, especially Senior Citizens who vision has decreased due to the complications of Diabetes.
Accu-check is now on the top of my list for safety, convenience and simplicity of using their glucometers, especially the Accu-check Compact, and now their new six-drum lancet device.
*Koubek RJ. Glucose Monitoring System Design Reduces Barriers to Testing, 2005. Data on file.
About the Author
Copyright 2005 Fern Kuhn, RN Specializing in Diabetes
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Millions have diabetes and don’t know it. How about you?
WCBD, SC - 7 hours ago
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Hormone linked to falls in older diabetic adults
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Cherokees mark November as Diabetes Awareness Month
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Los Angeles Times

Health of California's seniors is deteriorating
Los Angeles Times, CA - 11 hours ago
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Advanced Health Care Options for People With Diabetes
Extra Newspaper, IL - 23 hours ago
20 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- It's estimated that almost 2.5 million Latinos in the US will be affected by diabetes by 2020, of those, ...