[DOC] [TLE] Al and Helen Free and the Development of Diagnostic Test Strips ... [PAR] Today, self-management of these diseases is an easier process because of the ... 
Origins: Early Diagnostic Test Strips; Clinistix: The First Dip & Read Test .... of 
blood glucose levels since glucose levels in urine lag behind those in blood. ... 
Five years later Miles introduced the Ames Reflectance Meter (ARM), invented 
by... [DOC] [TLE] Helen M. Free (b. 1923) - American Chemical Society [PAR] The invention, a chemically coated dip-and-read stick, measures key indicators of 
... Helen did not immediately select the chemistry field as a student. ... develop 
Clinitest, a tablet for testing glucose levels in the urine of diabetes patients. ... of 
disease, and later was able to combine more than one test on a single strip. [DOC] [TLE] Helen M. Free and Alfred Free | Chemical Heritage Foundation [PAR] Oct 30, 2015 ... The Frees revolutionized diagnostic urine testing with their invention of a 
chemically ... The Frees developed the first dip-and-read test strip while at Miles 
... Not only did she get the job, but two years she and Alfred were married. ... a 
tablet for testing the level of glucose in the urine of diabetes patients. [DOC] [TLE] Diabetes History | Defeat Diabetes Foundation [PAR] Jan 22, 2014 ... Here's diabetes history in a convenient timeline. ... note that ants are attracted to 
the urine of people with a mysterious emaciating disease. [DOC] [TLE] Helen Murray Free - Wikipedia [PAR] Helen Murray Free (born February 20, 1923, Pittsburgh, PA) is a retired American 
chemist and ... They refined the Clinitest, a tablet that measured glucose levels in 
the urine ... It was the first dip-and-read diagnostic test strip for monitoring 
glucose in urine. ... In 2000 she was inducted into the National Inventor's Hall of 
Fame. [DOC] [TLE] How glucometer test kit is made - material, history, used, parts, steps ... [PAR] An additional five million people have the disease and do not realize it. ... Both 
types of diabetes can have elevated blood sugar levels due to ... First, the user 
prepares the meter for use by removing a test strip from a protective ... In 2001, Dr
. Helen Free was inducted into the National Inventor's Hall of Fame in Akron, 
Ohio. [DOC] [TLE] Helen Murray Free  Chemist - ScienceBlogs [PAR] Nov 5, 2012 ... Helen Murray Free first wanted to be an English and Latin teacher, but ... Clinistix
 (which tests for glucose in urine) is comprised of diagnostic test strips which 
are ... and kidney disease, thereby significantly improving patients' quality of life. 
She holds seven patents for her clinical diagnostic test inventions. [DOC] [TLE] ACS's Celebrating Chemistry newspaper for 2007 13.1MB [PAR] But people who work in laboratories are not the only ones ... the changes down to 
the smallest and most basic level. So there is ... diagnose gum disease, and to 
find ... What Did You Observe? .... make threads and plastics out of renewable 
corn sugar. ... Helen. Free. Inventor. Helen Free invented a self-testing strip 
called a. [DOC] [TLE] First Mention of Diabetes - dLife [PAR] The doctors of this period used ants or insects to aid in diagnosis. ... The name 
showed that physicians understood that people with the disease were expelling 
..... Dr. Helen Free develops the "dip-and-read" urine test (Clinistix) allowing 
instant ... First strips for testing blood glucose, Dextrostix, is manufactured by 
Ames... [DOC] [TLE] Nobel Prize Archives - Eva Varga [PAR] The effect of insulin on blood sugar levels had been observed, but scientists did 
not ... She was the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Science. ... 
Read about the dip-and-read test strips developed by Helen Free and her .... Also 
of note, he and Marie Curie are the only people to be awarded Nobel Prizes in... [DOC] [TLE] Ingenious Glucose Monitors : Cactus Insulin Management | Cactus ... [PAR] Insulin Delivery System that monitors blood glucose levels before

Question: Helen Free helped invent the strips that those with this disease first used to check glucose levels
Answer: diabetes