Best Life: App helps seniors with diabetes, monitor blood sugar
Best Life: Testing tech to help older diabetics By WMC Action News 5 Staff | February 23, 2021 at 5:35 AM CST - Updated February 23 at 6:12 PM
ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) People with type one diabetes are at risk for hypoglycemia, a dangerous drop in blood sugar that can cause confusion, seizures, or loss of consciousness. Monitoring blood sugar levels has traditionally required a finger prick several times a day. Now, researchers want to know if older adults will adopt new technology designed to improve blood sugar control.
When Pat Wloch hits the nature trail near her home, she’s never without two things: her smartphone and glucose tablets. Pat has type one diabetes and unpredictable blood sugar levels.
Josh Smith of AdventHealth Translational Research Institute holds up three vials of Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine. On Tuesday, 20,000 doses arrived in Central Florida. (video courtesy AdventHealth)
A FedEx van carrying 20,000 doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine arrived Tuesday at AdventHealth’s Translational Research Institute, the crucial first step for Central Florida’s frontline health workers to get vaccinated this week.
The coolers packed with dry ice were brought inside, and the tiny vials were placed in a special freezer that can keep them at minus 70 degrees Celsius. Starting Wednesday, the vaccine will be offered to frontline health care workers in high risk areas, including the COVID intensive care units, the emergency department and those doing surgical procedures.