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title: "Continuous glucose monitors are about to get more complicated"
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description: "The article introduces the Abbott Libre Duo, the first FDA-authorized 2-in-1 continuous glucose monitor, highlighting increasing complexity in diabetes management technology. It is part of Victoria Song's 'Optimizer' newsletter from The Verge, which analyzes emerging health gadgets. The text also includes a personal anecdote about the author's mother to illustrate stress reactions."
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# Continuous glucose monitors are about to get more complicated

The Abbot Libre Duo is the first FDA authorized 2-in-1 continuous glucose monitor. | Image: Abbott 

*This is* Optimizer*, a weekly newsletter sent from* Verge *senior reviewer* *Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. Opt in for* Optimizer *here.*

My mom was a dramatic woman prone to overreacting. When I was a snotty teen, I told her she needed to take several chill pills. Most of the time, I was right. Back in 2004, when she was swearing in Korean and hurtling down the highway in a Honda Odyssey that had no business going 20mph over the speed limit, swerving in and out of traffic as I vomited bile into a plastic baggie, I have to admit that she was right to rush me to th …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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