Insulin Pump

The use of advanced diabetes technology is strongly recommended with proper education and decision support for people with diabetes, according to a new guideline from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology.

In this video exclusive, Putting It Into Practice columnist Jonathan D. Leffert, MD, talks with George Grunberger, MD, co-chair of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology advanced diabetes technology guideline taskforce.

“My patients, my heroes” is a special series in my blog that I dedicate to my patients, first launched in May 2020.

Among the burdens of managing diabetes is responsibly discarding all the packaging, test strips, plastic and sharps. Manufacturers of new technologies are working to reduce waste, but concerns about disposal remain.

Children with type 1 diabetes using a hybrid closed-loop system and their parents do not report an increase in diabetes-related burden compared with those using a sensor-augmented insulin pump, according to trial data.

After a very long year, it is once again time to spring forward for the daylight saving time change, coming up this Sunday, March 14, at 2 a.m.

Control, knowledge, communication and trust are four themes patients and nurses focused on when discussing a patient’s insulin pump self-management during hospitalization, according to study data.

A modified version of an FDA-approved close-loop insulin delivery system may be effective for children aged 2 to 5 years with type 1 diabetes, according to study data published in Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics.

Insulin pump and continuous glucose monitor use were lower among Black young adults with type 1 diabetes in the U.S. compared with their white and Hispanic peers after adjusting for socioeconomic status, according to study data.

This Sunday, Nov. 1, will mark the end of daylight saving time for 2020.