Telemedicine and ehealth to empower patients with diabetes mellitus, fostering and enhancing the results of a functional diet

Abstract

Functional food is considered to be effective in promoting health and wellbeing. Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus strongly depend on diet to achieve better glycaemic control and to reduce the burden of the disease. However, adherence to a controlled diet and to proper monitoring of the disease may be challenging for the patients and their family. The use of electronic devices and software together with the implementation of a tailored telemedicine model can help to overcome some of the issues related to the management of this complex disease. To better understand how a telemedicine system can be useful in empowering patients with diabetes so as to enhance the effects of a therapeutic diet, we propose a research protocol as part of the Diabete Calabria 2.0 project, aimed to study a working model in a real-life setting.

A novel Ni/Co metal–organic framework with a porous organic polymer material as a ligand for a high-performance supercapacitor and a glucose sensor

“…Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disease that requires drug therapy based on regular monitoring of glucose levels in the body. 1 Therefore, it is critical to identify the levels of blood glucose in patients timely and rapidly. 2 At present, in the field of medical science and technology with a wearable diagnosis and treatment medical device as the main developing direction, more and more researchers are devoted to the study of wearable, non-invasive, non-enzyme electrochemical biosensors for the real-time monitoring of blood glucose.…”