Diabetes breath test may be possible | Tech news blog - CNET News.com

A new study shows that children with type-1 diabetes exhale significantly higher levels of methyl nitrate when their blood sugar is high. That might not sound like earth-shattering news, but it could mean that diabetics have a noninvasive way to check their blood-sugar levels down the road.

Yup, it’s time for a diabetic breathalyzer. We’re being treated like drunks now! ;-)

Still, I bet it gets to market faster than the inhalable insulin spray we’ve been promised for 20 years.

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