Blood Glucose

HOUSTON — Remote monitoring of pregnant women with diabetes via a smart glucose meter increased patient engagement with diabetes care and education specialists and better informed treatment decisions, according to study data presented at the American Association of Diabetes Educators annual meeting.

HOUSTON — Standardized continuous glucose monitoring metrics and time-in-range targets can help patients and diabetes care and education specialists work together to achieve agreed-upon goals and personalize glucose management decisions, according to two speakers at the American Association of Diabetes Educators annual meeting.

HOUSTON — Diabetes care is not a static endeavor. Health care providers and patients alike are inundated with new technology and information about how to best care for diabetes. For Jennifer A. LeBlanc, BSN, RN, CDE, director of professional education and care delivery at the Joslin Diabetes Center of Harvard Medical School in Boston, finding ways to simplify this process is crucial.

HOUSTON — Machine learning has immense potential for improving diabetes care, particularly when used by diabetes care and education specialists, according to two presenters at the American Association of Diabetes Educators annual meeting.

HOUSTON — Paying attention to timing and making careful adjustments to insulin are critical aspects of maintaining optimal glucose levels and achieving better insulin sensitivity during and after exercise, according to findings presented at the American Association of Diabetes Educators annual meeting.

Within the past decade, there has been a rapid development of novel antihyperglycemic agents that not only improve glycemic control but also reduce CV events in patients with known atherosclerotic CVD.

The ketogenic diet lowered blood glucose and HbA1c levels in patients with diabetes, according to study findings presented at the American Association for Clinical Chemistry Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo.

Rural Chinese women who reported late-onset menarche were 22% less likely to develop type 2 diabetes in adulthood when compared with similar women reporting menarche from age 16 to 17 years, according to an analysis of more than 15,000 women published in Menopause.

Adults with diabetes who took part in monthly lifestyle counseling appeared to reduce their risks for cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality compared with those who did not undergo regular counseling, according to findings published in Diabetes Care.

The American Diabetes Association added guidance on continuous glucose monitoring and the use of GLP-1 receptor agonists and SGLT2 inhibitors in its latest update to its Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes, according to a press release.