For the first time in France, a continous blood glucose detector
and a pump delivering insulin were implanted in a diabetic patient, in the
superior vena cava and abdomen, respectively.
A very encouraging study from the Finnish team of J. Tuomilheto
et al. shows that it is possible to prevent or delay the onset of diabetes
type 2 in persons who are obese and glucose intolerant (the intermediate step
between normal functioning and diabetes), by modifying lifestyle.
