Continuous Glucose Monitor

A change to hospital policy allowing patients to use their own continuous glucose monitors instead of finger-stick blood glucose monitoring was met favorably by a majority of patients and nurses, according to study findings.

A majority of people with diabetes rely on their primary care provider for diabetes management and believe using drugs such as GLP-1 receptor agonists are enough to manage their disease, according to survey results.

Researchers purchased prefilled semaglutide pens from six online vendors, of which three were nondelivery scams, according to findings from a research letter published in JAMA Network Open.

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.

The FDA has received reports of adverse events, including gastrointestinal events, fainting, headache, migraine, dehydration, acute pancreatitis and gallstones, that may be tied to overdosing with compounded semaglutide.

A voluntary medical device correction has been issued for a small number of continuous glucose monitoring sensors distributed in the first half of May, according to an industry press release.

ORLANDO — Adults with type 2 diabetes experienced a reduction in HbA1c within 3 months of starting continuous glucose monitoring, regardless of insulin therapy, a presenter reported at the American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions.

ORLANDO — In this video exclusive, James R. Gavin III, MD, PhD, Healio | Endocrine Today Co-editor, talks with Camille Powe, MD, about benefits of use of continuous glucose monitoring during pregnancy.

Continuous glucose monitors have the potential to alleviate burdens, improve neonatal outcomes and predict disease progression for pregnant women with type 1, type 2 or gestational diabetes, according to two diabetes experts.