A continuous glucose monitor is a better option than pricking your finger daily. These wearable devices are stuck to your arm and connect to an app on your smartphone or Apple Watch to easily test ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This image provided by Abbott’s Lingo division in July 2025, shows the Lingo wearable device for continuous glucose monitoring.

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Is there a benefit for healthy people to track their blood sugar? Measuring blood sugar has joined sleep and exercise tracking as wellness trends, with some longevity experts claiming that reducing ...

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Over-the-counter continuous glucose monitors have been available for people with and without diabetes for more than a year now — but the data they collect doesn’t seem to be as useful for nondiabetic ...

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A continuous glucose monitor (CGM) can tell you when my glucose spikes, but not that I delayed correcting it because I was in a high-stakes meeting. It can record the number after I under-bolused for ...

A quarter-size device that tracks the rise and fall of sugar in your blood is the latest source of hope — and hype — in the growing buzz around wearable health technology. Continuous glucose monitors, ...