Diabetes Education News

Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES, FADCES, talks with Isabel C. Betancourt, MS, RDN, CDCES, about nutrition insecurity and how a model designed to combat its effects on people with HIV can improve the lives of people with diabetes.

Tandem Diabetes Care emailed notices to users of version 2.7.1 of the Apple iOS t:connect mobile app warning of possible rapid battery depletion of their insulin pump, according to an FDA press release.

Adults with type 2 diabetes who are referred to a clinical pharmacist are more likely to meet their HbA1c goal and receive appropriate medication management of comorbidities than people receiving usual care, according to a presenter.

A multifaceted intervention implemented at a U.S. hospital reduced insulin pen waste by 18.3% in inpatient adult areas, according to a presenter at the Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists annual meeting.

In an analysis of more than 3 million U.S. adults, most patients with a class 1a recommendation for SGLT2 inhibitors were not prescribed them, researchers reported in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Adults with type 2 diabetes using a GLP-1 receptor agonist are less likely to develop hyperkalemia than those using a DPP-IV inhibitor, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Adults with type 2 diabetes have lower risks for death and major adverse cardiovascular and kidney events if they use tirzepatide compared with GLP-1 receptor agonists, according to observational data published in JAMA Network Open.

Adults with obesity and type 2 diabetes had reductions in body weight and HbA1c 1 year after undergoing an endoscopic procedure that resurfaces the duodenum lining, according to top-line results from a real-world registry study.

Young people with type 1 diabetes enrolled in a digital health program with early initiation of continuous glucose monitoring plus remote patient monitoring had better glycemic outcomes than historical controls, according to study data.

FDA approved Medtronic’s next-generation continuous glucose monitor for people with diabetes, according to an industry press release.