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Which sites of continuous monitoring provide the most accurate, sensitive, and specific real-time values of blood glucose?
Read More »Best Sites For Most Accurate CGM Readings
A Review of Insulin Errors
As the incidence of diabetes increases, insulin use can reasonably be expected to increase, and the mistakes will no doubt increase as well. Insulin is a very powerful medication, and some of these mistakes will require the ambulance, the hospital, or worse.
Read More »The Risks Associated with CGMs During High-Intensity Exercise
When using monitored glucose values to alter treatment plans, patients with type 1 diabetes may need to change their monitoring regimen.
Read More »People with Type 1 Diabetes Test Freestyle Libre Flash System Performance
Can the Freestyle Libre Flash glucose monitoring system perform accurately when challenged?
Read More »FDA ALERTS on Unauthorized Use of Devices for Diabetes Management
Devices like pumps, CGMs and automated insulin delivery systems should be used as manufacturers intended.
Read More »Life After Basal Injection to Multiple Injections of Insulin
A new way to introduce multiple injections with the use of an insulin patch.
Read More »Training Diabetes Patients on Self-Injection Is Essential
Training devices for autoinjectors can help ensure diabetes patients learn self-injection properly.
Read More »Kevin Sayer on Dexcom G6 CGM System — DIC Interview
In this Exclusive Interview, Kevin Sayer talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the ADA 2018 convention in Orlando about the Dexcom G6 CGM System and how the future of CGM will affect the way not only type 1, but also type 2 and prediabetes are treated.
Read More »CGMs Changing Diabetes Management: Kevin Sayer, DIC Interview Transcript
In this Exclusive Interview transcript, Kevin Sayer talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed about the Dexcom G6 CGM System and the future of CGMs changing diabetes management for type 1, type 2, and even prediabetes. Click here to view the video interview. Steve Freed: This is Steve Freed …
Read More »Can You Benefit from Using Exercise Technologies and Wearable Devices?
By Sheri R. Colberg, PhD, FACSM
What do you do when someone asks you to participate in a physical activity on the spur of the moment, but you just took some insulin? You may be stuck trying to compensate for this activity entirely with food, but you may have some newer options that come from technology. For starters, if you wear a pump you can choose to lower your basal insulin delivery, and you can use its insulin-on-board calculator to see how much insulin you need to offset with either insulin reductions or food intake. However, just using your blood glucose meter can help you stay on top of your glucose levels, so check often during the activity.