Hypoglycemia Alert Dogs: A Novel, Cost-effective Approach for Diabetes Monitoring?
The recent publication of the results of 3 small trials, and as many as 5 case reports on dogs producing clear and intelligible alerts in the presence of their owners' hypoglycemia, opens an intriguing clinical scenario for management of diabetes. The skill seems attributable to the ability of dogs...
| Publicado en: | Alternative Therapies in Health & Medicine Vol. 22; no. 6; pp. 14 - 19 |
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InnoVisions Professional Media
Nov/Dec2016
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