New apps are in development to help people manage diabetes.
Doctors say it's important to monitor blood sugar levels in Type 1, Type 2 and gestational diabetes.
Keeping track of your diet can be tough. But there are free apps that can help patients manage their disease.
One example is the Glucose Buddy.
Because diabetics need to control their carbohydrate intake, apps such as Calorie King have nutritional information for foods at restaurants.
My Fitness Pal has a barcode reader that can be used to scan labels at the grocery store. It also has a large database of food items so you can search for nutritional values.
Warning issued about surgery device
U.S. regulators have strengthened their warning against use of a once-popular device for gynecologic surgery that can spread unsuspected cancer, saying its risk is only justified in a fraction of patients.
The Food and Drug Administration is updating its April safety warning, now saying doctors should not use the devices, called laparoscopic power morcellators, for performing a hysterectomy or removing uterine fibroids "in the vast majority of women.''
The FDA's Dr. William Maisel says there are safer options for the procedures for most patients - but he said the device may be appropriate for some women.
One manufacturer, Johnson & Johnson, directed surgeons to stop using its device for the procedures in April, when concerns about inadvertently spreading cancer inside women's abdomens first arose. It's now conducting a worldwide recall.
Information from the Associated Press was included in this report.