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Low-dose aspirin may help lower the risk for developing diabetes among older adults, according to data that will be presented at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes annual meeting.

Adults with vitamin D deficiency had lower COVID-19 vaccine antibody titers than adults with normal vitamin D levels 9 months after vaccination, according to a brief report in Endocrine.

HbA1c may overestimate blood glucose values among Black patients with diabetes, according to study results published in Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics.

SAN DIEGO — Adults with type 1 diabetes may experience increases in glucose and insulin resistance in the days after receiving a COVID-19 booster vaccine, according to a presenter at the American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions.

Having a low-carbohydrate breakfast may be a simple method to reduce HbA1c for those with type 2 diabetes, according to the results of a randomized trial published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Early menopause may be associated with increased insulin resistance, but researchers found no effects on other cardiovascular risk factors, according to a cross-sectional and longitudinal study published in Menopause.

For many people with diabetes, continuous glucose monitoring has become an indispensable tool to accurately monitor real-time blood glucose levels and track glucose trends over time.

Change in mean glucose may be a better metric for measuring the efficacy of diabetes interventions than HbA1c, time in range and time above range, according to a speaker.

Data from previous HbA1c levels, fasting plasma glucose, duration of type 2 diabetes and diabetes medication use may predict long-term glycemic profile, researchers reported in Clinical Epidemiology.

In a recent study, researchers found that adults with prediabetes who wore a flash glucose monitoring sensor reported high satisfaction and said it influenced them to make positive behavior changes based on their glucose levels.