Find practical information about diabetes treatment and management, including blood sugar monitoring, medications, lifestyle changes, complications and everyday diabetes care.
Brazil’s health regulator has prohibited the sale, distribution and use of falsified Accu-Chek Active glucose strips, warning that they could produce unreliable readings for people managing diabetes. Brazil’s health regulator has banned the sale of counterfeit Accu-Chek Active blood glucose…
Google is adding long-term health trend analysis, AI coaching and broader workout detection to the Fitbit Air, but access to its new Health Guardian tools will require a Google Health Premium subscription. Google is expanding the Fitbit Air’s health features…
Foot Levelers has launched SensiStep and SensiStep+, custom-made orthotics combining cushioning and pressure accommodation for people with diabetes, prediabetes and vulnerable feet. Foot Levelers has introduced two custom orthotic products aimed at people with diabetes, prediabetes and sensitive feet, as…
Emerging studies and patient reports suggest GLP-1 medicines may alter taste and smell, but researchers say the effects appear uncommon and remain poorly understood. People taking GLP-1 medicines for diabetes and weight loss are reporting an unexpected side effect: familiar…
A century ago, Banting, Best and their collaborators transformed an often-fatal diagnosis by developing the first effective insulin treatment. Before insulin, a diagnosis of diabetes could amount to a death sentence. Treatment was often limited to extreme carbohydrate restriction, starvation-style…
Legumes, minimally processed whole grains and eating protein or vegetables before carbohydrates may help moderate post-breakfast blood sugar, while a short walk afterwards can provide an added boost. For people with diabetes, breakfast does not have to mean giving up…
A dual-stream transformer combining Raman and near-infrared spectra delivered more accurate, low-latency glucose estimates, strengthening the case for closed-loop control in advanced biomanufacturing. A new multimodal sensing approach could make glucose monitoring far more reliable in bioprocessing, a long-running challenge…
Patients paying out of pocket could face thousands of dollars a year for semaglutide treatment once repeat prescriptions, appointments, tests and changing discount terms are included. The first monthly quote for Ozempic or Wegovy can seem manageable, but the arithmetic…
A purified insulin treatment given to 14-year-old Leonard Thompson in Toronto in January 1922 marked the breakthrough that transformed Type 1 diabetes from a fatal disease into a manageable condition. Insulin’s discovery in the early 1920s transformed diabetes from a…
A software fault in Nova Biomedical’s StatStrip Gen 2.0 meters may attach a valid glucose reading to the wrong patient, prompting the FDA to classify the recall as Class I. The Food and Drug Administration said on Monday that Nova…
Researchers are working to make blood testing for early-stage type 1 diabetes more accessible, helping families prepare sooner and reduce the risk of diagnosis in diabetic ketoacidosis. Type 1 diabetes does not always announce itself with a crisis. In many…
New research highlighted by Breakthrough T1D points to finerenone, experimental eye drops and more flexible care as scientists seek to reduce complications and the daily mental burden of type 1 diabetes. For people living with type 1 diabetes, the daily…
