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[–] 5 points 3 days ago (8 children)

Have they made the existing parts of the app less shit?

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  • [–] 4 points 3 days ago (7 children)

    You can finally change the unit of blood glucose measurements.

    For those not into this matter: There are two units of measurement that can be easily converted into each other (simple multiplication). But previously Google Health was limited to the one more prevalent in the US - now you can switch.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 days ago (5 children)

    It's not much, but I would say pretty much everyone who uses some kind of continuous glucose measurement has a more powerful tool provided by the manufacturer or an open source alternative. The feature is pretty basic in Google Health anyways (it just shows the data), but at least it now is usable by anyone and not just those who happen to use the same units as Google. It opens it up to new integrations.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago (4 children)

    are you familiar with CGMs? My 8 yo cousin has got one but it's active only fir 14 days and when it deactivates, It wipes all the data (wtf?). Is tyere a way to keep the data? Does it depend on the model?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    I have used a CGM for years now, but I don't know all of the models - only a few of them. In my experience most of the time the manufacturer offers some kind of cloud service to store your data (given your cousin is using a device that is capable of transmitting said data) and there are free to use services like Glooko (it's the one I use - there are others) you can connect different devices to store and visualize these data. It helps a lot exploring patterns and finding ways to improve my therapy.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (2 children)

    thank you. so Glooko is another cloud service? Or is it local on-device and intercepts the provider's data and stores it?

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  • [–] 3 points 3 days ago

    Any open-source alternatives, or something degoogled?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago

    Giving my health data to Evil Google? No thanks.

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