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David Mendosa

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posted 10/29/2008, comments (12)

A Meter for the Road

One more meter for the road is a lot better than another drink. Home Diagnostics in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, just came out with the smallest blood glucose meter ever. People with diabetes now have at least three tiny meters to take along in the car, on the trail, or anywhere we go. If you are old enough to remember Frank Sinatra's moving... Read more Chevron

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David Mendosa

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posted 08/24/2008, comments (2)

Glucocard X-Meter

The idea of intelligent design might or might not explain the universe. But it certainly applies to Arkray's Glucocard X-Meter and X-Sensors.Two years ago Arkray of Kyoto, Japan, bought out Hypoguard, which developed the original Glucocard blood glucose meters, and is now Arkray USA in Minneapolis. While the term "Hypoguard" is a great name for a... Read more Chevron

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posted 08/04/2008, comments (16)

Meter Reports

Whenever Consumer Reports evaluates blood glucose meters, it's big news. Three people already emailed me to ask what I think about the magazine's review. And on Thursday I just got my copy of the September 2008 issue in which the review appears.With a monthly circulation of about 4 million copies, what Consumer Reports writes about meters matters.... Read more Chevron

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posted 04/12/2008, comments (3)

A New Meter for People Who Can't See It

If you can see this article, you personally don't need the new meter I'm writing about here. But you may well have a family member or a friend with diabetes who doesn't see very well, if at all.This Prodigy Voice meter is for them. Marketing in the U.S. by Diagnostic Devices... Read more Chevron

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posted 04/10/2008, comments (16)

The Ultimate Meter

The new WaveSense Jazz meter is by far the best blood glucose meter I've ever used. For years I have complained about the lack of accuracy of other meters. All the other meters also make it too difficult to tag our results to correspond with our meals, and most other meters still require that we code them to match a new vial of test strips. This... Read more Chevron

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