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Beyond Pain Relief: Can Spinal Cord Stimulation Restore Sensation in Diabetic Neuropathy?

Medical illustration of spinal cord stimulation for diabetic neuropathy showing nerve pathways, foot sensation, and an implanted stimulator.

For people with painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN), treatment has traditionally focused on controlling burning, stabbing, and shooting pain. However, emerging research on spinal cord stimulation for diabetic neuropathy raises a more intriguing question: Could neuromodulation also improve sensation? Results from the SENZA-PDN clinical trial suggest that some patients receiving high-frequency …

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Could a Simple Blood Test Predict a Heart Event in Type 2 Diabetes?

Blood sample illustrating epigenetic cardiovascular risk prediction using DNA methylation to assess heart risk in type 2 diabetes.

Could a routine blood sample someday reveal cardiovascular danger that cholesterol, blood pressure, and HbA1c do not fully capture? New research suggests that epigenetic cardiovascular risk prediction could offer a new way to identify people with type 2 diabetes who face a higher short-term risk of major cardiovascular events. Instead …

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GLP-1s and Opioids: The GI Risk Clinicians May Be Missing

GLP-1 medications and opioid therapy representing potential gastrointestinal risks from concurrent treatment.

GLP-1 receptor agonists have transformed the treatment of type 2 diabetes, but their effects on gastrointestinal motility remain an important clinical consideration. Opioids can also slow gastrointestinal function, raising an obvious question: what happens when patients need both? New research examining GLP-1 and opioid interactions suggests that opioid choice may …

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Dialysis Changes the Rules: What Happens When Patients With Diabetes Use Real-Time CGM?

Patient with Type 2 diabetes using real-time CGM while receiving maintenance hemodialysis.

Managing glucose is rarely simple for people with Type 2 diabetes who receive maintenance hemodialysis. Dialysis can change glucose patterns, insulin needs, and the reliability of familiar measures such as A1C. As a result, clinicians may have an incomplete picture when making treatment decisions. New randomized research on CGM use …

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Three Decades of Better Type 1 Diabetes Care: Have Complications Actually Declined?

Person with type 1 diabetes using modern glucose monitoring technology, illustrating advances in care and long-term complication prevention.

Three decades of advances in diabetes care have transformed how people with type 1 diabetes manage glucose. Insulin pumps, continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), improved insulin analogs, automated insulin delivery, and earlier screening have all changed daily treatment. However, have these advances actually reduced the long-term complications of type 1 diabetes? …

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One Diagnosis, Different Diseases? Researchers Uncover Distinct Types of Gestational Diabetes

Pregnant woman discussing gestational diabetes phenotypes and metabolic differences with a healthcare professional.

Gestational diabetes is usually treated as a single diagnosis, but growing evidence suggests the biology behind it can vary considerably from one patient to another. Researchers studying gestational diabetes phenotypes have identified metabolic patterns involving differences in insulin resistance, insulin secretion, or both. These findings raise an important question: Could …

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A1C Has a Blind Spot: Could Glycated Albumin Help Clinicians Act Faster?

Clinician reviewing A1C and glycated albumin results for type 2 diabetes monitoring

A1C is one of the most useful tools in diabetes care, but it has an important limitation: it takes time to reflect change. Could a faster-moving marker help clinicians know sooner whether treatment is working? New randomized research on glycated albumin in diabetes offers an intriguing answer. Glycated albumin reflects …

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Digital Diabetes Coaching: Why an App Alone Isn’t Enough

Person with type 2 diabetes using a digital health app while receiving virtual diabetes coaching and tracking healthy lifestyle goals.

A diabetes app can track meals, count steps, log glucose, and deliver reminders. However, can an app actually help someone turn all that information into lasting daily habits? A recent randomized controlled trial suggests that digital diabetes coaching, with technology supported by ongoing human guidance, may help bridge that gap. …

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More Dietary Fat, Worse Blood Fats? A Low-Carb Diabetes Trial Challenges the Assumption

Low-carb foods including salmon, avocado, nuts, vegetables, and olive oil beside a glucose meter and heart health chart.

Does eating more fat automatically mean that more harmful fatty acids will circulate in the blood? A new randomized trial suggests the answer may be more complicated. Researchers studying a low-carb diet for type 2 diabetes found that six months of carbohydrate restriction changed circulating fatty acids in potentially favorable …

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Beyond Blood Sugar: What Personalized Nutrition May Be Doing to Inflammation

Personalized medical nutrition therapy for diabetes featuring a healthy balanced meal and concepts related to blood sugar, inflammation, and metabolic health.

Medical nutrition therapy for diabetes is often discussed in terms of A1C, glucose levels, and weight. However, could personalized nutrition also influence inflammation and other aspects of metabolic health? A recent randomized controlled trial offers an intriguing reason to ask that question. Researchers found that individualized medical nutrition therapy with …

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