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Re: medically smart watches

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Dnia 2024-02-24, o godz. 12:06:16
gene heskett <gheskett@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.

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medically smart watches gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-02-24 16:10 +0100
  Re: medically smart watches Loïc Grenié <loic.grenie@gmail.com> - 2024-02-24 17:10 +0100
    Re: medically smart watches gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-02-24 18:10 +0100
      Re: medically smart watches John Hasler <john@sugarbit.com> - 2024-02-24 18:30 +0100
        Re: medically smart watches gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-02-24 18:40 +0100
          Re: medically smart watches gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-02-25 01:40 +0100
      Re: medically smart watches Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2024-02-24 20:10 +0100
        Re: medically smart watches Geert Stappers <stappers@stappers.nl> - 2024-02-25 09:30 +0100
          Re: medically smart watches gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-02-25 11:20 +0100
            /etc/apt/sources.list example [WAS Re: medically smart watches] "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2024-02-25 13:20 +0100
              Re: /etc/apt/sources.list example [WAS Re: medically smart watches] gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-02-26 00:30 +0100
            Re: medically smart watches "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." <roy@rtellason.com> - 2024-02-25 20:20 +0100
              Re: medically smart watches gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-02-26 00:40 +0100
                Re: medically smart watches David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-02-26 04:30 +0100
                Re: medically smart watches "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." <roy@rtellason.com> - 2024-02-26 23:00 +0100
      Re: medically smart watches Mariusz Gronczewski <xani@devrandom.pl> - 2024-02-25 00:20 +0100
  Re: medically smart watches Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2024-02-24 17:20 +0100
    Re: medically smart watches gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-02-24 18:10 +0100
  Re: medically smart watches Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-02-24 22:30 +0100
  Re: medically smart watches hw <hw@adminart.net> - 2024-02-26 12:30 +0100
    Re: medically smart watches Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2024-02-26 13:30 +0100
      Re: medically smart watches gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-02-26 16:00 +0100
      Re: medically smart watches hw <hw@adminart.net> - 2024-02-26 17:00 +0100
    Re: medically smart watches Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-02-26 14:10 +0100
      Re: medically smart watches hw <hw@adminart.net> - 2024-02-26 17:20 +0100
        Re: medically smart watches Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2024-02-26 21:00 +0100
          Re: medically smart watches Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2024-02-26 21:20 +0100
    Re: medically smart watches gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-02-26 15:50 +0100
      Re: medically smart watches John Hasler <john@sugarbit.com> - 2024-02-26 16:50 +0100
      Re: medically smart watches hw <hw@adminart.net> - 2024-02-26 17:10 +0100
      Re: medically smart watches Loïc Grenié <loic.grenie@gmail.com> - 2024-02-26 17:20 +0100

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