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New research says that using the FreeStyle Libre, a wearable flash glucose monitoring system, for a year reduces diabetes-related sick days and hospital admissions by a third, according to new research. The Netherlands-based study also found Freestyle Libre users had fewer and less severe hypoglycemic episodes and a significant decrease in HbA1c. Read more