Bayer Diabetes Care introduced the new Contour TS blood glucose monitoring system. Well hot dog. This handy little glucometer is expected to provide more accurate blood sugar results. And just what makes the Contour TS so special?
Unlike most meters that need to be manually coded to ensure accurate results, Bayer’s new Contour TS blood glucose meter automatically sets to the correct code any time a Bayer test strip is inserted. Manual coding may lead to miscoding. In fact, a recent study found that approximately 16 per cent—or …read more

A new glucometer is on the horizon. The FreeStyle Lite blood glucose monitoring system will be available in the United States beginning in May 2007.
The new FreeStyle Lite system has an innovative automatic calibration feature that eliminates the manual coding step usually required by most blood glucose meters before starting a new vial of test strips. The easy-to-use FreeStyle Lite meter allows people with diabetes to test quickly and more easily.
In a nut shell, this will allow for a smaller blood sample size.
Similar to other meters in Abbott’s FreeStyle® line, the FreeStyle Lite system allows people with …read more