The Rise Of Glucose Monitoring Among Non-Diabetics
The Rise Of Glucose Monitoring Among Non-Diabetics
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, over 37 million people in the U.S. have diabetes. That’s a little over 11% of the entire population.
When you have diabetes your body doesn’t make enough or any insulin at all. Those with the disease must regularly monitor blood sugar. This has been traditionally done with glucometer’s by pricking your finger over and over again for drops of blood. But over the last decade, technology like continuous glucose monitoring have been on the rise.
Abbott and Dexcom are the two most dominant players in the space. Both companies have seen increased growth.
The benefits of this technology are also being marketed by several health and wellness apps as many companies see benefits to those who don’t have diabetes.
CNBC spoke with both Abbott and Dexcom about the technology inside CGMs and how they see it expanding.
Chapters:
00:00 — Introduction
03:08 — Diabetes and Continuous Glucose Monitors
04:36 — Dexcom and Abbott
06:25 — Expansion
10:30 — Competition
14:00 — The future
Produced, Shot and Edited by: Erin Black
Animation: Jason Reginato, Alex Wood
Supervising Producer: Jeniece Pettitt
Additional Camera: Andrew Evers, Sydney Boyo
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How Dexcom And Abbott Are Moving Beyond Diabetes
Your prices are waaaay off. The insurance company’s are ripping us Non insulin users off BIG TIME.
I use libre 3 and I have to pay out of pocket.. I am lucky CVS sells me two senors for 84 dollars. They last me 4 weeks. The reason is the insurance company’s say you have to be attached to a insulin pump before they pay for it..
I have today my CGM has saved my life.. I did not know my numbers was crashing at night while I slept. I was I the mid to low 40s.
What must I do to get it to work. To inform me of my sugar count. Thanks I need all the help I can get. The phone is new to me, to which I do not know how to work😢😢 From Timothy or Plexy
Ever watch Martha Stewart’s food prep and recipes ? Sugar poison in every scoop and step. Just pray and hope your beta cells are working properly otherwise you are so screwed.
How do I use my phone to check my monitoring
Make em cheaper for all including patients, make the system sustainable, the sensors eco-friendlier and you got a potential beyond all believe!
We are getting older, we need sustainability… for all.
I’ve been dealing with blood sugar stuff for a while, but unswt has made it so much easier to figure out what works for me. The AI sugar tracker shows me exactly how different foods affect my levels, and it’s been a game changer. If you’re looking for something easy and helpful, definitely give it a go!
Please send it in Pakistan
For Type 2 diabetes early detection, they really need to push for more insulin level testing.
Amazing prise plz avelbe in pakistan yes or no
Can you wear a continuous glucose monitor if you are allergic to metal?
Is it weird that I want to wear one of these on my schnitzel?
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Good. The food and medical industry is about to get rocked when the non diabetic population find out that so called food Pyramid is causing the problem. Hahaha
I got an idea… let’s address why diabetes is on the rise.
U know… like the link between smart phones and tablets and tvs… and diabetic risk.
It’s a rigged up scam where such things are Rx only that should not be in order to force people to pay for a doctor appointment and Rx. It’s a rigged system where pharma and the healthcare industry work together for maximum PROFIT, not maximum care and wellness.
How to order this
I dont check my sugars anymore. Couldnt afford to. T1D for 30+ yrs. I can adjust to levels and tolerate extremes until im able to correct. Being uninsured in Texas has forced me to treat OTC entirely now and on my own. These RX cgms are pipe dreams and out of reach. So are rapid insulins. Id rather not pour more money into the guessing games.
I think I’ll wait till the technology is more accurate.
Stop talking nonsense…
Both Descom and Libre and others like them do not seek to make cheap products.
But maybe a company could be found, probably in China, to make something cheap.
And it can be done cheaply if…
1 – the wires that are inserted into the body, the ones connected to the emitting sensor, the ones that change once every 10-15 days, if they separated from the sensor, the price would be extraordinarily low.
The procedure would be for those wires to be attached to the emitting sensor and then inserted into the body (hand, leg…)
2 – the costs of a device would become even lower if it allows the user to change the battery of the sensor himself. Now the device is thrown away together with the battery after the 10-14 day cycle ends.
3 – the system for inserting the sensor with wires into the body must be reusable. And this can be done extremely easily because it is only necessary to disinfect with sanitary alcohol.
In this case, the only consumables would be the battery and the wires that enter the body (hand, leg…)
Anyway, these sensors are not accepted because they do not give an exact result.
No matter how much everyone on YouTube is paid to advertise them, the fluctuations of the result are very different from the real one.
And although they are paid to advertise them, even they admit in all their YouTube videos that the results fluctuate a lot with the calibrations that are made.
The research for the exact result is on the 2nd place. On the 1st place they are researching how to have a bigger profit.
If a Chinese company comes along that will make this possible, Abbot and Descom will do something else, and they will no longer have to deal with glucose sensors.
For patients of any kind, life would be much easier and much cheaper if companies did not think about maximizing profit.
If you are stay and think, any diabetic who is interested in his own health, can appreciate his blood sugar himself, perhaps much better than the fluctuating result of these devices.
Not to mention that patients are tricked into paying a price for an inaccurate result.
Have you noticed that, lately, more and more money is being asked for all kinds of things that no longer have any guarantee?
Let’s take the example of some cars that have malfunctions in the braking system because it was poorly designed. Software… not to mention vaccines.
It has become a fashion to sell imperfect things to which from time to time various improvements are made where the customer is obliged to pay for each improvement.
You will realize that Dexcom reached the device with no. 7 and Abbot reached the device with no. 3 and none of them thought to simplify things by doing something from what I wrote above?
And they won’t do anything either, because they are interested in exploiting the population.
They don’t give a damn.
Their greed is no longer enough.
They want more and more, forgetting about humanity and the role of the doctor on earth.
the internet has given the tools to everyone of you how are now likely suffering as a mental disorder called hypochondriac which allows big pharma to abuse you not matter what monitoring if you don eat right you will become diabetcs. thats means low carb diet and no sugar and maybe sugar once in a blue moon is okay. Believe what you want.
Ha Ha 😂she doesn’t think she’s gonna get it ! She’s in for a shock 😂
37 million people means 37 plus billions of dollars they are making to treat you for the rest of your life they want you to know in advance you have diabetes they want more money to treat it rather than fix it.
The issue is that insurance won’t cover for someone who’s prediabetic trying to stop from developing type 2. There’s needs to be push to use these as preventive tools…
But the problem is fats. Glucose don’t go up until body’s capacity to safely store excess calories (mostly as fat) is exceeded.
I’m pre diabetic and would love to have access to this to see what my numbers are. Why isn’t this used for preventing diabetes.
Samsung already has a CGM watch in China
A person without diabetes has a very tight sugar control loop, where the blood glucose is always kept within a tight window. Monitoring the blood sugar levels of an healthy individual make no sense and can’t be of any real help.
In an healthy person, the item to monitor would be insulin levels, but there is no technology for this.
Instead, for diabetic people, the use of a CGM should be made mandatory. It change completely their life outlooks.
But, of course, CGM manufacturers will try to improve profits, not the public knowledge of the problems.
Only recently Abbott made the sugar level monitored continuously over Bluetooth; until few months ago, we had to make an NFC scan every time we needed the correct sugar level. Finally the hardware device and the Software Application have reached the necessary level of maturity, and now the National Health Systems of EU/UK countries must distribute the device to each diabetic person.
Merry Christmas,
Ph of stomach in processing foods a factor in blood sugar readings? Have you tested different solutions on the blood meter, I’m sure other things besides sugar are being read.
I ran across a new product called Gluecolate it is a natural way to control your diabetes
It has taken my A1C from 11.5 down to 7.3 and I have lost 18lbs in 3 months
There won’t be any rise until the price drops to reasonable levels like $20/month or a rechargable sensor with replaceable needles. Nobody should need to buy a new sensor with a new battery every new weeks. This is a huge waste of resources, pollution to the environment, and a clear price gouging for the consumers.
not yet scan all comments. anyone mentioned Jason Fung? the reverse of T2D
I was prescribed many off label pharmaceuticals for bipolar disorder in my youth, many of which contributed to metabolic dysfunction. As a sufferer of ovarian cysts and low blood sugar anxiety and tendency towards elevated fasting blood glucose levels, I wish these companies would get health insurance companies to cover off label use of CGMs to help patients like me! I am aware treating diabetes and Alzheimer’s is a huge business, but could preventing diabetes and Alzheimer’s be a bigger business? Expand the market! Get the health insurance companies to pay for these for more people!!!
Guess this is why there will never be a cure
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The problem, as usual is the cost. In 2024, if on Medicare and not taking insulin, they are not covered by insurance and the cost is $200 to $300 per month. That’s a pity because we’re missing the opportunity to prevent insulin resistant people from progressing to full diabetes and the associated additional healthcare cost.
Don’t underestimate the # of people who just don’t do doctors, drugs, or waste money on health insurance. If you can sell your device so the customer doesn’t have to go to an effing doctor you will sell a lot more. Some people want to improve their health through diet and exercise and a CGM can help with that. Of course then there will be fewer diabetic customers in the future.
I love mine, ground braking tec. Mine keep falling off UNTILL I started using.a product "skin prep" and it leaves a film behind that helps make the tag stay on better. And one other thing os the use of skin glue.
I have exercise hypoglycemia and I needed a CGM before I bonk in a marathon but only can be attained from a prescription. I don’t have diabetes but I know when I measure my blood glucose after a long 15 mile run, I see my glucose in a low level 40s.
Diabetes should be taught in school!!!
G7 doesn’t work. It is inferior to both G6 and libre
I used to pay $35 for 2 monitors then after a year CVS/caremark requires prior authorization for me to get a cgm. Now I can’t get it at all.
It has created shortages. Not driven costs down.
Does the term diabetes franchise bother anyone other than me?
The way they talk about this, like diabetes is a good thing, or something we should be ok with more people getting seems off to me.
10 pcs of guava and guuabano leaves…boil for 10 minutes…drinks it everyday…your blood sugar will be normal again…
I don’t get it. If it’s only doctor prescribed, how are non-diabetics getting this? Thank you
Rodriguez Eric Young Carol Perez Scott
Why use this crap, number one thing you can do is change what you eat. No more type 2 diabetes.
How much
Non diabetics will get a different type of reading than us!!! Because they’re not diabetics. It will be a false reading. A proven fact. Not real smart!!!
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