Discover how exercise timing in type 1 diabetes, meal timing, insulin on board, and workout intensity can influence glucose responses.
Read More »Same Blood Sugar, Different A1C? Your Red Blood Cells May Be Part of the Answer
Discover how red blood cell lifespan and biology can affect A1C results, explaining why similar glucose levels may produce different A1C readings.
Read More »Fasting With Type 1 Diabetes? A New Trial Puts Time-Restricted Eating to the Test
Time-restricted eating has become a popular approach to weight management, but what happens when insulin-dependent diabetes enters the picture? Until recently, evidence on time-restricted eating in people with type 1 diabetes was notably limited. A new randomized controlled trial published in Diabetes Care offers some of the first direct evidence. …
Read More »Could CGM Help People With Type 1 Diabetes Live Longer?
Could continuous glucose monitoring do more than improve glucose levels and help prevent hypoglycemia? New research raises that possibility. A large observational study examining CGM use and mortality in people with type 1 diabetes found that starting continuous glucose monitoring was associated with a lower risk of death among older …
Read More »When “Normal” Blood Sugar Feels Too Low: New Research May Explain Why
When glucose numbers improve, patients are expected to feel better. Yet some people with type 1 diabetes report the opposite. A glucose level that looks reassuring on a continuous glucose monitor may leave them feeling tired, uncomfortable, or simply “off.” New research suggests that glycemic habituation may help explain this …
Read More »Dialysis Changes the Rules: What Happens When Patients With Diabetes Use Real-Time CGM?
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 …
Read More »Three Decades of Better Type 1 Diabetes Care: Have Complications Actually Declined?
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? …
Read More »Beyond A1C: Can CGM Help Prevent Severe Hypoglycemia and DKA?
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 …
Read More »Waking Up With High Blood Sugar? How to Manage the Dawn Phenomenon
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 …
Read More »When Diabetes Technology Damages the Skin: Keeping Patients on CGMs and Insulin Pumps
Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) and insulin pumps can transform diabetes management, but the technology only works when patients can comfortably keep wearing it. CGM skin irritation can turn a valuable device into a daily source of itching, redness, pain, or damaged skin. In some cases, the reaction becomes severe enough …
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