Tag Archives: Blood Glucose Control

Diabetes prevention remains important long after a pregnancy affected by gestational diabetes. For people who have had gestational diabetes, the years after delivery are an important window for lowering the risk of Type 2 diabetes. Yet healthy choices do not happen in a vacuum. Where someone lives may affect whether …

Continuous glucose monitoring has changed how clinicians and people with diabetes think about glucose control. Yet the next question is more important than whether CGM improves A1C or Time in Range. Can it prevent events that send patients to the emergency department or hospital? Growing evidence suggests that CGM may …

For millions of people who use injectable diabetes medications, treatment can mean living with needles every day. What if a small skin patch could eventually deliver insulin or other therapies with far less discomfort? Researchers studying microneedle patches for diabetes hope to make that possibility practical. These experimental patches use …

For people with diabetes, an unexpected glucose spike may have a less obvious cause than food or missed medication. Dehydration and high blood sugar can create a self-reinforcing cycle. When the body loses too much fluid, glucose becomes more concentrated in the bloodstream. At the same time, rising glucose can …

You went to bed with your blood sugar in range, skipped the midnight snack, and still woke up high. What happened? For many people with diabetes, natural early-morning hormone changes may be responsible. Understanding the dawn phenomenon can help you recognize this pattern and discuss safe ways to improve morning …

Finding time for a full workout can be difficult, but what if two minutes of movement still mattered? Emerging research on exercise snacking for diabetes suggests that brief bursts of activity spread throughout the day may reduce post-meal glucose excursions and limit some metabolic effects of prolonged sitting. Instead of …

Diabetes care has traditionally focused on what patients eat, how much they exercise, and which medications they use. However, a growing field adds another question: when do these things happen? Research into circadian medicine in diabetes care suggests that the body’s internal clock may influence insulin sensitivity, glucose tolerance, hormone …

Artificial intelligence is entering diabetes care in a surprisingly quiet way. Rather than appearing as a chatbot or separate decision-support tool, increasingly sophisticated algorithms are being built into automated insulin delivery systems. Adaptive insulin pump hardware can work with continuous glucose monitor (CGM) data, recent insulin delivery, and changing glucose …

Many people with type 1 diabetes live with the constant fear of blood glucose dropping too low. Even today’s most advanced automated insulin delivery systems cannot actively raise glucose once levels begin to fall. Instead, they can only reduce or suspend insulin delivery. A dual-hormone artificial pancreas system changes that …

The treatment landscape for type 2 diabetes has changed dramatically over the past decade. While selective SGLT2 inhibitors have become a cornerstone of diabetes management because of their proven cardiovascular and kidney benefits, researchers are now exploring the added potential of dual SGLT1/2 inhibitor therapy for people with diabetes. By …