Tag Archives: CGM

The transition from pediatric to adult diabetes care is one of the most challenging periods in the lives of young people with diabetes. While many adolescents successfully manage their condition with the support of pediatric diabetes teams, moving into adult healthcare often coincides with worsening blood glucose control, missed appointments, …

Night-shift work keeps hospitals, factories, transportation systems, and emergency services running around the clock. However, while society benefits from overnight workers, their metabolic health often pays the price. Recent continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) studies have shown that shift work is strongly associated with greater glycemic variability in people with diabetes, …

For years, diabetes care has emphasized one simple message: exercise regularly. While that advice remains essential, researchers are now asking a more specific question. Could when you exercise be just as important as how much you exercise? Emerging evidence suggests the answer may be yes. The growing field of chronotherapy, …

Managing diabetes has never offered more therapeutic options. Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), automated insulin delivery systems, GLP-1 receptor agonists, SGLT2 inhibitors, and individualized treatment plans have transformed patient care. Yet despite these advances, many people with diabetes continue to struggle, not because treatments are ineffective, but because the overall workload …

Many women with diabetes notice that blood sugar levels become harder to control during certain weeks of the month. Despite eating the same meals, taking the same insulin doses, and maintaining consistent activity levels, glucose readings may suddenly climb. This recurring pattern is often linked to luteal phase insulin resistance, …

Hospital glucose management has long relied on reactive treatment strategies, especially sliding-scale insulin protocols that respond to blood glucose after it has already risen. While this approach remains common, healthcare systems are increasingly exploring AI solutions for inpatient diabetes care that predict glucose changes before they become dangerous. Instead of …

For more than a century, insulin has saved millions of lives. Yet despite remarkable advances in diabetes technology, one major challenge remains: preventing hypoglycemia while maintaining excellent glucose control. That is why researchers are developing glucose-responsive insulin, often called “smart” insulin. Instead of delivering a fixed amount of insulin regardless …

Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) has fundamentally changed diabetes management by giving patients and clinicians access to real-time glucose data. As a result, treatment decisions have become more precise, and many people with diabetes now spend more time within their target glucose range. However, glucose represents only one part of the …

For decades, diabetes management has focused on what patients eat and how much they consume. However, emerging research suggests another factor deserves attention: when they eat. The growing field of chrono-nutrition research in diabetes explores how meal timing interacts with the body’s internal clock to influence glucose metabolism, insulin sensitivity, …

For decades, A1C has served as the gold standard for assessing long-term glucose control in people with diabetes. However, it tells only part of the story. Researchers are now exploring whether metabolic flexibility could become an important biomarker in diabetes, offering a deeper understanding of metabolic health than A1C alone. …