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Texas Tech pitches community screening program to tackle diabetes, heart disease in Pecos area
Summary
A Texas Tech team offered a data-driven screening-and-support program using continuous glucose monitors and Bluetooth-enabled devices to screen residents and support behavior change; council members asked the team to include local environmental-exposure questions.
Researchers from Texas Tech presented a community health screening program designed for rural West Texas communities in the Permian Basin, outlining door-to-door screening, continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), Bluetooth blood-pressure cuffs, and data-driven follow-up to reduce premature deaths from diabetes, heart disease,…
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