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A thermal-imaging tool to screen for chronic wounds could enable nurses to identify these hard-to-heal sores during the first assessment at a person’s home, according to researchers at RMIT University and Bolton Clarke Research Institute.

Well-known information security expert Dan Kaminsky has died suddenly at the age of 42, leading to an outpouring of tributes from the community of which he was part.

The mySugr Bolus Calculator from Roche Diabetes has been recalled due to a serious bug.

Global tech giant Ericsson has partnered with fellow Swedish company - health-tech provider Brighter - to launch a complete IoT health solution, Actiste, for monitoring and treating insulin-dependent diabetes.

A common drug used to treat type 2 diabetes may reverse the thickening of heart muscle that leads to cardiovascular disease, scientists at the University of Dundee have found.

An team of international researchers has found that removal of a single gene in mice can lead to a situation where the rodents do not gain weight, even if they gorge themselves on high-fat foods for a long time.

The University of Waterloo is developing a way to monitor their blood sugar without drawing blood.

Available for compatible iPhones and Androids, the FreeStyle LibreLink app enables FreeStyle Fibre users to monitor glucose levels directly via smartphones.

Dana Lewis and Zui Dighe were named today winners of Red Hat’s Women in Open Source award for their altruistic work in collaborative and open healthcare.

Sydney start-up Perx has been granted $25,000 by the Jobs for NSW organisation to develop technology that uses games and rewards to remind people to take their medications regularly.

Eye-screening technology developed by the CSIRO could make it easier to prevent the 1.7 million Australians who have diabetes from going blind.

US multinational medical products maker Johnson and Johnson has taken the unusual step of warning consumers that its J&J Animas OneTouch Ping insulin pump is vulnerable to remote attacks by malicious individuals who could then make the device deliver more than the specified dose of insulin.

#1 Medical App of Apple Store Comes to The Android Market to Offer Information About Over 20,000 Drugs

According to an April 2010 report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 45% of the people of the United States have at least 1 of 3 chronic conditions that raises one's risk for heart disease.