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Three Decades of Better Type 1 Diabetes Care: Have Complications Actually Declined?

Person with type 1 diabetes using modern glucose monitoring technology, illustrating advances in care and long-term complication prevention.

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? …

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Diagnosed Younger: Does Type 1 Onset Shape Later Risk?

Child, teenager, and adult with type 1 diabetes illustrating how age at onset may relate to long-term complication risks.

Does being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 6 carry the same long-term risks as being diagnosed at 16? Researchers have been asking that question for years. Increasingly, evidence suggests that age at type 1 diabetes onset may help explain differences in complication patterns later in life. However, age …

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