University of Oxford researchers looked at the cost-effectiveness of self-monitoring in type 2 diabetes on top of usual care, using results from a trial of 450 patients published last year.

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That's because your employer could be monitoring what you type, keystroke by keystroke, even when you're using your Gmail account.

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Today, this type of monitoring is done by manned planes and sometimes satellites.

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Many credit monitoring subscriptions also include some type of help if your identity has been stolen.

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Since 1984, researchers in Helsinki, working with University of Michigan geneticists, have been monitoring the fates of 666 elderly men whose apo E type was known.

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We're excited about 3D printing's potential to build sculptural, eco-friendly forms, but that isn't the only type of green building we've been monitoring over at Inhabitat.

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For instance, a given long-range missile may have fewer warheads aboard it than the number it can carry but, in the interest of arms control monitoring, a larger number is automatically assigned to each missile of that type.

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