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The Harry Glorikian ShowJanuary's Noosheen Hashemi on Preventing Diabetes by Promoting Gut HealthThere are many causes for diabetes—chronicallly high blood sugar—but there’s also a growing list of ways to prevent it, or manage it once it starts. Wearable technologies like continuous glucose monitors or CGMs are high on that list. These devices have tiny needles that penetrate the skin and measure glucose levels in the interstitial fluid between cells. They can send that data to a smartphone, where apps made by a variety of companies can record it and analyze it.January.ai is one such company, and co-founder and CEO Noosheen Hashemi joined Harry on the sh...2022-12-0646 min
The Harry Glorikian ShowNoosheen Hashemi on January's Personalized Tech for Controlling Blood SugarIn a companion interview to his June 7 talk with Stanford's Michael Snyder, Harry speaks this week with Noosheen Hashemi, who—with Snyder—co-founded the personalized health startup January.ai in 2017. The company focuses on helping users understand how their bodies respond to different foods and activities, so they can make diet and exercise choices that help them avoid unhealthy spikes in blood glucose levels.January's smartphone app collects blood glucose levels from disposable devices called continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), as well as heart rate data from patients’ Fitbits or Apple Watches. The app also makes it easier for us...2021-07-2048 min