đâđŠș For people living with insulin-dependent diabetes, energy is spent on keeping themselves alive and healthy every moment of the day.
Lauren Matthewsâ blood sugar needs to stay in a specific range to avoid organ damage, coma or worse. There are tools to help, but technology has regularly been outperformed by a special tool â a dogâs nose. For Lauren, itâs Canine Companions Medical Alert Dog Popcorn.
By smelling her changing blood sugar from her sweat and breath, Popcorn lets Lauren know thereâs a problem before sheâs out of range â 20-30 minutes faster than any sensors and monitors can.
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âDiabetes impacts everything,â Lauren shares. âItâs like walking a tightrope. If you give too much insulin, youâll die within hours. Too little, and youâd die in a matter of months. Using the technology â like insulin, pumps and continuous blood glucose monitors â is livin...