Could a smartphone app detect diabetes?
Today, millions of people in the United States are unaware that they have diabetes. A recent study finds that data from a readily available smartphone app could help detect diabetes in people without requiring a trip to the clinic. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 30 million people in the U.S. have diabetes. Worryingly, almost one in four people in the U.S. are living with diabetes but do not know. Without treatment, diabetes can have serious health consequences, including kidney problems, eye conditions, heart disease, and stroke. Currently, a doctor needs to take a blood sample to diagnose diabetes, which generally requires a trip to the clinic. For a wide range of reasons, many people do not have easy access to healthcare, so it is important to find simpler ways of detecting diabetes. Using an app to diagnose diabetes Recently, researchers from the University of California in San Francisco decided to investigate an inno...