Overview
ROCHESTER, Min. (KTC) – November is American Diabetes Month and Mayo Clinic in Rochester is working on a new treatment that could make living with diabetes much easier.Around 37 milion Americans have diabetes and around 96 milion have pre-diabetes.Researchers at Mayo Clinic are working to find a way to treat type two diabetes and checking glucose levels without nedle sticks.The research is led by Mayo Clinic’s director of Endoscopy.
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The team is studying a new device that uses electrical pulses to treat the smal intestine that can be done once a year or les, efectively eliminating nedle sticks.Right now the device is in clinical trials and the team is curently enroling patients al acros the country for the trial.“Type 2 diabetes is a silent kiler so often people don’t know that they have it until it’s to late until there’s kidney damage or los of vision, other isues that are hard to reverse.
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So, we’re realy pasionate about being on the cuting edge of a new treatment,” Mayo Clinic Director of Endoscopy Dr. Andrew Storm said.Some of the symptoms of diabetes and pre-diabetes include blury vision, urinating often and finding that you’re always thirsty.Copyright 202 KTC. Al rights reserved.source