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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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The New Diabetes Workforce Problem: Who Will Manage the Growing Number of Complex Patients?

Overworked diabetes specialist in a busy endocrinology clinic facing patient backlog and workforce shortages

As diabetes rates continue to rise across the United States, another healthcare challenge is becoming harder to ignore: the diabetes workforce shortage. While new medications, continuous glucose monitors, and AI-supported tools are changing care, many patients still struggle to find specialists who can help them manage complex treatment plans. This …

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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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Automated Insulin Delivery Is Expanding Into Type 2 Diabetes: Are Primary Care Practices Ready?

Doctor discussing automated insulin delivery technology with a type 2 diabetes patient while reviewing glucose monitoring data in a primary care clinic

Automated insulin delivery for people with type 2 diabetes is entering a new phase. What once seemed reserved for highly specialized endocrinology clinics is now moving steadily into primary care offices across the country. Following the updated 2026 American Diabetes Association Standards of Care and recent FDA clearances, more adults …

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The FDA’s New Insulin Switching Rules: What Interchangeable Biosimilars Mean for Diabetes Care

Insulin pens beside an FDA symbol and prescription form representing interchangeable insulin biosimilars and pharmacy-level insulin switching in diabetes care.

A patient arrives at the pharmacy expecting their usual insulin refill, only to discover the box, brand name, and pen device suddenly look different. The pharmacist explains that the medication is an interchangeable biosimilar approved for automatic substitution. Although the insulin is considered clinically equivalent, the unexpected switch can still …

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Treatment Complexity in Type 2 Diabetes: When More Options Make Decisions Harder

Physician reviewing multiple Type 2 diabetes medications and treatment options during a patient care consultation

Managing Type 2 diabetes used to follow a relatively predictable path. Clinicians often started with metformin and added medications gradually as glucose control worsened. Today, however, diabetes care looks very different. The number of available therapies has expanded rapidly, and while that growth has improved patient outcomes, it has also …

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Continuous Ketone Monitoring in Hospital Care: Could It Improve DKA Management?

Continuous ketone monitoring device on a patient in a hospital with clinician reviewing real-time ketone and glucose readings

Diabetic ketoacidosis remains one of the most serious complications of diabetes, yet managing it often relies on intermittent data points. What if clinicians could see ketone levels change in real time instead of waiting hours between lab tests? Continuous ketone monitoring for DKA is now emerging as a promising concept …

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Clinical Inertia in Diabetes Care: Why It Persists Despite Better Therapies

Doctor holding hourglass with diabetes supplies showing delayed treatment decisions

Why does clinical inertia diabetes continue to slow progress, even when better treatments are widely available? It is a bit like having a high-performance car but hesitating to press the accelerator. Despite major advances in medications and care models, delays in intensifying therapy remain common. As a result, many patients …

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Reassessing Hypoglycemia Risk in the Era of Modern Therapies

Physician reviewing continuous glucose monitor data with older adult patient showing low blood sugar alert during diabetes consultation

Managing the risk of hypoglycemia remains a central challenge in diabetes care, even as newer therapies lower the rate of severe events. Although GLP-1 receptor agonists and SGLT2 inhibitors have reshaped treatment strategies, insulin and sulfonylureas are still widely used, especially among older adults and patients with chronic kidney disease …

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