THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN DIABETES THERAPY

This decade will bring major changes to the therapy of diabetes. New d rugs are likely to include monomeric insulins, fatty-acid-oxidation in hibitors, insulin-secretion inducers, and nutrition modifiers. Likely new devices include improved insulin pens, less invasive methods of in sulin administration, and noninvasive blood glucose monitoring. The us e of computers will integrate this care, and artificial intelligence w ill provide new approaches to all of health care. An integrated system for using these new technologies, such as staged diabetes management, will ensure an orderly, cost-effective transition in therapy by the e ntire health-care community.