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Diabulimia in Type 1 Diabetes: The Warning Signs Clinicians Often Miss

Young woman with type 1 diabetes appearing emotionally distressed beside diabetes supplies and healthy food, representing warning signs associated with diabulimia treatment challenges.

Patients with type 1 diabetes already face the daily burden of balancing insulin, food intake, exercise, and glucose monitoring. However, for some individuals, insulin becomes more than a treatment tool. It becomes a method for weight control. This dangerous behavior, commonly referred to as diabulimia, involves the intentional restriction or …

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Misdiagnosed as Type 2? Why We Need to Screen More Adults for LADA

Doctor explaining LADA diabetes screening to an adult patient previously diagnosed with type 2 diabetes during a clinical consultation.

Up to 10% of adults diagnosed with type 2 diabetes may actually have Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA), yet many cases remain undetected for years. Because symptoms often develop slowly, LADA is frequently mistaken for traditional type 2 diabetes. However, the wrong diagnosis can delay insulin therapy, worsen glucose …

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Extreme Heat and Diabetes: Why Clinicians Are Paying Closer Attention

Diabetes supplies and water bottle exposed to extreme summer heat during a climate change-related heat wave

Extreme heat is no longer a rare seasonal inconvenience. Across the globe, heat waves are becoming longer, more frequent, and more dangerous. For people living with diabetes, rising global temperatures and more frequent heat waves can create serious health risks that many patients may not fully understand. As discussions about …

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Managing Diabetes Around Organ Transplant Surgery: What Clinicians Need to Know

Medical team performing organ transplant surgery with glucose monitoring tools, immunosuppressive medications, and diabetes management equipment in a hospital setting.

The management of diabetes during organ transplantation has become a growing clinical challenge. As transplant programs expand and survival rates improve, more patients are living with complex metabolic complications before and after surgery. One of the most important concerns is post-transplant hyperglycemia, which can affect patient outcomes at nearly every …

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Ultra-Rapid Insulin and Automated Delivery: Are Mealtime Boluses Becoming Less Critical?

Person using an automated insulin delivery system with ultra-rapid insulin during a meal while monitoring glucose levels on a smartphone app.

For years, diabetes care has relied on one key rule: insulin should be given before meals whenever possible. Yet many people living with diabetes still struggle with timing. Busy schedules, unpredictable eating habits, and delayed dosing often lead to postprandial glucose spikes. Now, with the rise of ultra-rapid insulin AID …

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Why More Hospitals Are Screening Surgical Patients for Undiagnosed Diabetes

Nurse performing perioperative diabetes screening on a surgical patient in a hospital before surgery

Many hospitals now treat surgery as more than a single procedure. Increasingly, it has become an opportunity to uncover hidden health conditions that may otherwise go undetected for years. One important trend is perioperative diabetes screening, which helps health systems identify patients with undiagnosed diabetes and prediabetes before surgery begins. …

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Diabetes and Hearing Loss: The Complication Many Clinicians Still Miss

Older man experiencing hearing difficulty beside a medical illustration of the inner ear and blood vessels linked to diabetes complications

Diabetes-related complications often bring to mind kidney disease, neuropathy, or vision problems. However, one complication continues to receive far less attention despite growing scientific concern: hearing loss linked to diabetes. Emerging evidence suggests that people with diabetes may face a significantly higher risk of hearing decline, yet routine auditory screening …

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The Rise of “Double Diabetes”: Why More Adults With Type 1 Diabetes Are Developing Insulin Resistance

Adult with type 1 diabetes checking blood sugar levels alongside obesity and insulin resistance health concepts

More adults living with type 1 diabetes are now developing obesity, insulin resistance, hypertension, and metabolic complications once linked mainly to type 2 diabetes. This growing overlap, often called double diabetes, is becoming a major concern for clinicians and patients alike. While insulin therapy remains essential for type 1 diabetes …

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The New Pregnancy Tech Era in Diabetes: How Automated Insulin Delivery Is Expanding Into Maternal Care

Pregnant woman using an automated insulin delivery system and continuous glucose monitor to manage type 1 diabetes during pregnancy

The management of type 1 diabetes during pregnancy is entering a major turning point. For years, endocrinologists and maternal-fetal medicine specialists have worked within narrow therapeutic margins to reduce maternal and neonatal complications. However, new advances in automated insulin delivery technology for pregnancy are beginning to reshape glucose management in …

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Is Carb Counting Becoming Obsolete? The Rise of Precision Nutrition in Diabetes Care

Patient using continuous glucose monitoring alongside a healthy meal to support precision nutrition diabetes care and personalized blood sugar management.

A bowl of oatmeal can keep one person’s glucose stable while sending another person’s blood sugar sharply upward. The meal is identical, yet the metabolic response is completely different. That reality is pushing many clinicians to reconsider one of the most established principles in diabetes nutrition: carb counting. The growing …

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