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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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Human vs. Analogue Insulin: Does Newer Really Mean Better for Type 1 Diabetes?

Human insulin and analogue insulin options used in Type 1 diabetes treatment

The choice of human vs analogue insulin is especially important for people with Type 1 diabetes who live where healthcare resources are limited. Analogue insulins are often preferred because their action can be more predictable and flexible. However, human insulin is generally less expensive and may be easier for health …

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When “Type 2” Isn’t Type 2: Clues to Type 3c Diabetes

Pancreas model, glucose meter, and clinical assessment representing type 3c diabetes diagnosis and pancreatogenic diabetes.

A patient develops diabetes in adulthood, so Type 2 diabetes may seem like the obvious diagnosis. However, what if that patient also has chronic pancreatitis, unexplained weight loss, pancreatic surgery, or symptoms of poor nutrient absorption? Those details can change the clinical picture. Careful evaluation can reveal Type 3c diabetes …

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Years After Bariatric Surgery, Blood Sugar Can Crash Without Warning. Here’s Why.

Patient checking blood glucose after experiencing symptoms of post-bariatric hypoglycemia

Blood glucose may improve dramatically after metabolic or bariatric surgery. Yet, for some patients, a very different glucose problem develops months or years later. Post-bariatric hypoglycemia can cause sudden drops in blood glucose after meals, with symptoms ranging from sweating and tremor to confusion, seizures, or loss of consciousness. Because …

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The End of Sliding-Scale Insulin? How Predictive AI Is Transforming Inpatient Diabetes Care

Hospital clinician using an AI-powered glucose prediction dashboard to optimize inpatient insulin dosing and improve diabetes management.

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 …

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Could “Smart” Insulin End Hypoglycemia? The Race Toward Glucose-Responsive Therapy

Illustration of glucose-responsive insulin technology showing a smart insulin vial, syringe, blood glucose monitor, and molecular structures representing glucose-activated insulin therapy.

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 …

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The Diabetes Complication Nobody Sees Coming: Cognitive Decline in Midlife Adults

Middle-aged adult with diabetes showing signs of cognitive decline, with brain health visualization and diabetes management tools representing the connection between diabetes and cognitive function.

For decades, diabetes care has focused on preventing complications such as retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy, and cardiovascular disease. Yet another complication may be developing much earlier and often without obvious symptoms: diabetes-related cognitive decline. While memory loss and dementia have traditionally been viewed as concerns of older age, growing evidence suggests …

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