Dnia 2024-02-24, o godz. 12:06:16 gene heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> napisał(a):
> On 2/24/24 11:03, Loïc Grenié wrote: > > On Sat Feb 24th, 2024, at 16:03, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > Greetings all; > > > > As most of you know I'm a DM-II, but the recent shortage of > > trulicity, a > > weekly self administerd shot that helps regulate one's blood > > guclose levels has got us scrambling for alternatives. So a month > > back I bought > > one of the so called smart watches that purports to monitor > > blood sugar. > > > > > > "purports" appears to be the correct verb > > https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/safety-communications/do-not-use-smartwatches-or-smart-rings-measure-blood-glucose-levels-fda-safety-communication > > <https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/safety-communications/do-not-use-smartwatches-or-smart-rings-measure-blood-glucose-levels-fda-safety-communication> > > > I got a msg from our state AG warning me about these, but it was 2 > days after I had ordered this thing. Too little warning, too late, > but I'm the curios type, and this device looks good so I would like > to see how it compares with the antique finger prick model we've been > using since Hector's great grandfather was a puppy.. New tech > sometimes work pretty good while the FDA seems to try to protect old > tech. > > (as for the rest of the mail, I have no idea whatsoever). > > > > Loïc > > Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET. This steers vastly into offtopic but here is a video of someone testing one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWadFt4vBtY TL;DR both tested watches were so far off mark they are probably dangerous. -- Mariusz Gronczewski (XANi) <xani...@gmail.com> GnuPG: 0xEA8ACE64 https://devrandom.eu
