Blood Glucose

Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDCES, FADCES, talks with Janice Newell Bissex, MS, RDN, FAND, about potential health benefits of cannabis and CBD for diabetes.

The FDA approved the use of a spinal cord stimulation therapy for the treatment of chronic pain caused by diabetic peripheral neuropathy, according to a press release from Medtronic.

Carbohydrate counting combined with the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension eating plan may help women with gestational diabetes to lower fasting blood glucose, according to a study published in Clinical Nutrition.

Clinicians must use multifaceted tools to reduce CV risk in type 2 diabetes, combining newer therapies with efforts to address social determinants of health, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement.

Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDCES, FADCES, talks with Stephen W. Ponder, MD, FAAP, CDCES, about the effects of COVID-19 infection and vaccination for people with diabetes.

People with type 1 diabetes may experience a greater decline in blood glucose when exercising at high altitudes compared with sea level, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Use of a glucose meter with color-coded range indicators paired with a Spanish-language mobile app reduced HbA1c in a cohort of predominantly underserved Hispanic participants with type 2 diabetes, according to study data.

In patients with acute MI, upper gastrointestinal bleeding occurred in 1.5% within 1 year and was associated with poor outcomes, researchers reported at the European Society of Cardiology Congress.

Greater variability in BMI, as well as fluctuations in other metabolic components, led to an increased risk of mortality, myocardial infarction, stroke and need for dialysis in a cohort of South Korean patients with chronic kidney disease.