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07 Nov

Nearly 1 in 6 Adults in the U.S. Now Has Diabetes

A new report from the CDC finds 15.8% of adults in the U.S. has Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes – and rates in men are higher than in women.

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13 Sep
Ozempic, Mounjaro Help People With Type 1 Diabetes Control Blood Sugar, Lose Weight

Ozempic, Mounjaro Help People With Type 1 Diabetes Control Blood Sugar, Lose Weight

Initially approved to treat type 2 diabetes, Ozempic and Mounjaro also can help people with type 1 diabetes lose weight and control their blood sugar levels, a n...

13 Sep
Blood Sugar Worries Keep Many With Type 1 Diabetes From Exercise

Blood Sugar Worries Keep Many With Type 1 Diabetes From Exercise

Fear of a having a low blood sugar crash dissuades many people with type 1 diabetes from getting the exercise they need, a new study finds.

However, people...

11 Sep
Weekly Insulin Injections As Effective for Diabetes as Daily Shots, Studies Show

Weekly Insulin Injections As Effective for Diabetes as Daily Shots, Studies Show

Weekly insulin shots can help control both type 1 and type 2 diabetes as well as daily injections do, a pair of clinical trials have found.

A new class of insulin called efsitora alfa has be...

09 Sep
Flying Could Upset Insulin Pump Function for Type 1 Diabetics

Flying Could Upset Insulin Pump Function for Type 1 Diabetics

Diabetics who fly with an insulin pump could find themselves with lower-than-normal blood sugar levels, a new study says.

Altitude appears to affect the ability of insulin pumps to deliver a...

31 Aug
Everything You Need to Know About Insulin

Everything You Need to Know About Insulin

Insulin can be a critical part of managing diabetes, but patients may not know all of the ins and outs of using the medication effectively.

Luckily, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) has plenty of information and tips on using insulin.

First, there are differ...

29 Jul
Mom's Type 1 Diabetes Might Shield Her Children From the Disease

Mom's Type 1 Diabetes Might Shield Her Children From the Disease

Having a mom with type 1 diabetes might provide long-term protection against the condition in children, a new review finds.

This protective effect is sugge...

18 Jul
Is Your Child With Type 1 Diabetes Facing 'Diabetes Distress'?

Is Your Child With Type 1 Diabetes Facing 'Diabetes Distress'?

Children born with type 1 diabetes are much more likely to develop certain mental health issues than those without the condition, a new study warns.

Kids w...

25 Jun
Stem Cell Therapy Could Be Breakthrough Against Type 1 Diabetes

Stem Cell Therapy Could Be Breakthrough Against Type 1 Diabetes

An experimental stem cell therapy can essentially cure type 1 diabetes by restoring insulin production in some patients, early clinical trial results show.

24 Jun
Inhaled Insulin Could Help Folks With Type 1 Diabetes Avoid Needles

Inhaled Insulin Could Help Folks With Type 1 Diabetes Avoid Needles

Inhaled insulin could be a better option than injections or pumps for some patients with type 1 diabetes, a new clinical trial shows...

13 Jun
People Are Living Longer With Type 1 Diabetes

People Are Living Longer With Type 1 Diabetes

People with type 1 diabetes are 25% less likely to die early now than they were in 1990, a new global tally finds, and the number of people who've lived into their senior years with the...

09 May
Eating Disorders Common in People With Type 1 Diabetes

Eating Disorders Common in People With Type 1 Diabetes

One in every four people age 16 or older with type 1 diabetes may be struggling with an eating disorder, a new review of data on the subject finds.

Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune...

20 Mar
Lupus, Type 1 Diabetes Linked to Pregnancy Complications

Lupus, Type 1 Diabetes Linked to Pregnancy Complications

People with autoimmune disorders such as lupus, type 1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis tend to have fewer children, and women with this class of illnesses often have higher risks for complications of pregnancy, new research shows.

Researchers in Finland compared pregna...

18 Mar
How Blood Sugar Changes Affect Thinking in Folks With Type 1 Diabetes

How Blood Sugar Changes Affect Thinking in Folks With Type 1 Diabetes

In people with type 1 diabetes, fluctuations in blood sugar levels can affect thinking skills in various ways, new research shows.

Researchers looked speci...

21 Feb
Out-of-Pocket Costs Are Tough on Americans With Diabetes

Out-of-Pocket Costs Are Tough on Americans With Diabetes

People with diabetes have to spend a ton of money to stay healthy, a new study reports.

Total and out-of-pocket costs for diabetics run hundreds to thousands of dollars more than regular medical expenses for people without diabetes, researchers found.

Type 1 diabet...

02 Feb
Women Are More Prone to Autoimmune Disorders Than Men, and Scientists May Know Why

Women Are More Prone to Autoimmune Disorders Than Men, and Scientists May Know Why

Women are much more prone than men to develop autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and lupus.

Now, researchers have come up with a potential explanation for that -- one that's rooted in genes that drive a person's gender.

The female bod...

27 Dec
Even a Little Less Carb Intake Can Help Folks With Type 1 Diabetes

Even a Little Less Carb Intake Can Help Folks With Type 1 Diabetes

It may not take as strict a diet as thought to keep type 1 diabetes under control: New Swedish research shows that a moderate low-carb diet still helped people with type 1 diabetes stick to blood-sugar targets.

"The study shows that a moderate low-carbohydrate diet lower...

07 Dec
Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Could Put Brakes on Type 1 Diabetes

Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Could Put Brakes on Type 1 Diabetes

A drug long used to curb rheumatoid arthritis may be a potent foe against another immune disorder, type 1 diabetes.

Australian researchers report that baricitinib (Olumiant) appears to help patients ne...

04 Oct
Stem Cell Therapy Could Be Breakthrough Against Type 1 Diabetes

Stem Cell Therapy Could Be Breakthrough Against Type 1 Diabetes

People with type 1 diabetes lack functional islet cells in their pancreas to produce the hormone insulin and must take daily insulin via injections or a continuous pump to compensate.

But if

04 Oct
Antiviral Meds Could Help Ease or Prevent Type 1 Diabetes in Kids, Study Finds

Antiviral Meds Could Help Ease or Prevent Type 1 Diabetes in Kids, Study Finds

Recent research has suggested that viruses could play a role in the loss of pancreatic beta cells, which triggers type 1 diabetes.

Now, a new trial finds antiviral medications, when given soon after a child is diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, might help preserve those vi...

28 Sep
Over a Third of Adults With Type 1 Diabetes Weren't Diagnosed Until After 30

Over a Third of Adults With Type 1 Diabetes Weren't Diagnosed Until After 30

Type 1 diabetes has long been viewed as a childhood disease, but a new study suggests it might be time to revise that thinking.

Investigators concluded that nearly 4 in 10 Americans with type 1 diabetes aren't diagnosed with the blood sugar condition until they're at lea...

07 Sep
In Small Study, Ozempic Helped People With Type 1 Diabetes Quit Insulin Treatments

In Small Study, Ozempic Helped People With Type 1 Diabetes Quit Insulin Treatments

The blockbuster drug Ozempic has become a household name for its ability to spur weight loss. Now an early study hints at an intriguing possibility: The drug might allow people newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes to drop their daily insulin shots.

Experts emphasized tha...

16 Jun
Why Exercise Is Often a Challenge for Folks With Type 1 Diabetes

Why Exercise Is Often a Challenge for Folks With Type 1 Diabetes

It can be challenging for people with type 1 diabetes to exercise safely while controlling their blood sugar.

People with the condition often struggle with this balance, according to a new study based on a survey conducted through social media groups restricted to adults...

17 Mar
'Artificial Pancreas' Technology Boosts Blood Sugar Control for Young Kids With Type 1 Diabetes

'Artificial Pancreas' Technology Boosts Blood Sugar Control for Young Kids With Type 1 Diabetes

Just like adults, young children with type 1 diabetes may get the blood sugar control they need using an "artificial pancreas," new research shows.

The Control-IQ artificial pancreas system was tested in a clinical trial in children aged 2 to 6.

Using the technol...

09 Mar
Diabetes Rates Keep Rising Among Young Americans

Diabetes Rates Keep Rising Among Young Americans

Troubling new research finds that rates of type 1 and type 2 diabetes are continuing to increase in children and young adults.

Asian or Pacific Islander, Black and Hispanic children had higher rates, the

20 Feb
Type 1 Diabetes and Use of 'Off-Label' Drugs: Benefits, but Concerns, Too

Type 1 Diabetes and Use of 'Off-Label' Drugs: Benefits, but Concerns, Too

While people with type 1 diabetes can see some benefit from newer medications prescribed off-label, there is also risk, and these patients should be monitored closely, according to a new study.

Type 1 diabetes is universally treated with insulin injections, but only abou...

14 Feb
Folks With Type 1 Diabetes Are No More or Less Likely to Be Overweight: Study

Folks With Type 1 Diabetes Are No More or Less Likely to Be Overweight: Study

Type 1 diabetes has long been considered a thin person's disease, but a new study challenges that notion.

About 62% of adults with type 1 diabetes were overweight or obese, the researchers found. That compared to 64% of those without diabetes and 86% of those with type ...

13 Dec
Insulin Pumps Ease Diabetes Care. So Why Are Black Patients Less Likely to Get One?

Insulin Pumps Ease Diabetes Care. So Why Are Black Patients Less Likely to Get One?

Insulin pumps can help folks with type 1 diabetes get better control of their disease and minimize how often they inject insulin, and use of the devices has taken off in the past 20 years.

That's the good news from a

07 Dec
Type 1 Diabetes Doesn't Have to Hold Kids Back in School

Type 1 Diabetes Doesn't Have to Hold Kids Back in School

Children with type 1 diabetes miss more school than their peers without this condition, but the good news is these absences don't have to affect their grades or chances of going on to college, new research shows.

Kids who had the tightest control of their diabetes m...

18 Nov
FDA Approves First Drug to Delay Onset of Type 1 Diabetes

FDA Approves First Drug to Delay Onset of Type 1 Diabetes

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the first drug that could delay the development of type 1 diabetes (T1D).

Teplizumab (Tzield) targets the autoimmune issues that drive the disease, rather than its symptoms, making the medication a game changer.<...

08 Nov
Scientists Use 'Gentler' Cell Transplants to Reverse Diabetes in Mice

Scientists Use 'Gentler' Cell Transplants to Reverse Diabetes in Mice

Scientists have used a transplant procedure to apparently cure diabetes in lab mice, without the need for immune-suppressing drugs afterward.

The success is a first step in developing a safer way to use cell transplants to possibly cure type 1 diabetes. But that's a long...

24 Oct
Permanently Bent 'Trigger Finger' Can Be Hallmark of Diabetes

Permanently Bent 'Trigger Finger' Can Be Hallmark of Diabetes

A finger that "locks"can be a telltale sign of another condition: Diabetes.

Researchers suspected that this trigger finger, often in the ring finger o...

18 Oct
Over a Million Americans Are Rationing Insulin Due to High Cost

Over a Million Americans Are Rationing Insulin Due to High Cost

More than 1 million Americans with diabetes have to ration lifesaving insulin because they can't afford it, a new study shows.

Many people del...

12 Oct
Years of Diabetes Could Speed Onset of Menopause

Years of Diabetes Could Speed Onset of Menopause

The earlier a woman is diagnosed with diabetes, the sooner she may enter menopause, new research shows.

Rates of diabetes have grown steadily, so researchers wanted to understand the long-term implications of

29 Sep
'Bionic Pancreas' Could Make Life Easier for People With Type 1 Diabetes

'Bionic Pancreas' Could Make Life Easier for People With Type 1 Diabetes

A new technology dubbed the "bionic pancreas" may beat standard treatment in helping people with type 1 diabetes control their blood sugar levels, a clinical trial has found.

Among adults and children with

27 Sep
COVID Infection Raises a Child's Odds for Type 1 Diabetes by 72%

COVID Infection Raises a Child's Odds for Type 1 Diabetes by 72%

Children who fall ill with COVID-19 may have a slightly increased risk of developing type 1 diabetes, a new study suggests.

Researchers found that of more than 285,000 children with COVID, 0.04% were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes over the next six months. While that's a...

23 Sep
Type 1 Diabetes Is Tougher on Girls Than Boys: Study

Type 1 Diabetes Is Tougher on Girls Than Boys: Study

Girls with type 1 diabetes may fare worse than boys when it comes to blood sugar control and other critical aspects of their health, a new research review finds.

22 Sep
Big Studies Test Effectiveness of Common Diabetes Meds

Big Studies Test Effectiveness of Common Diabetes Meds

Two common diabetes medications seem to outperform two others when it comes to controlling blood sugar levels, a large U.S. trial has found.

The trial of more than 5,000 people with type 2 ...

22 Sep
A Honey of a Study: Well-Fed Bears Give Clues to Human Diabetes

A Honey of a Study: Well-Fed Bears Give Clues to Human Diabetes

Every year, hibernating bears are able to feast, pack on a huge amount of weight and then lie around for months -- all without suffering the health consequence of diabetes. Now researchers are closer to understanding their secret.

Scientists with the Washington State Uni...

05 Sep
Experimental Insulin-in-a-Pill Shows Promise in Rat Study

Experimental Insulin-in-a-Pill Shows Promise in Rat Study

People with type 1 diabetes who need to inject insulin a few times a day could eventually be switching to an easier-to-take tablet that dissolves inside the cheek.

Canadian re...

31 Aug
Tight Blood Sugar Control Boosts Brain Power of Teens With Type 1 Diabetes: Study

Tight Blood Sugar Control Boosts Brain Power of Teens With Type 1 Diabetes: Study

When teenagers with type 1 diabetes get better control of their blood sugar, their brains may benefit, a new clinical trial shows.

Researchers found that when teenagers started treatment with a newer technology -- often dubbed

22 Aug
Cooler Weather Could Mean More Diabetes in Dogs

Cooler Weather Could Mean More Diabetes in Dogs

Just like their humans, dogs are more often diagnosed with diabetes in certain places and times of year, new research reveals.

Diagnoses of type 1 diabetes in humans rise during the winter months a...

05 Aug
Mental Health Issues Can Plague Families of Kids With Type 1 Diabetes

Mental Health Issues Can Plague Families of Kids With Type 1 Diabetes

Kids with type 1 diabetes and their closest relatives are more likely to experience mental health issues than people without the disease, Swedish researchers report.

"Many clinicians assume intuitively that diabetes in a child negatively affects the mental health of both...

15 Jun
Kids' Access to Insulin Pumps: Race, Income Matters

Kids' Access to Insulin Pumps: Race, Income Matters

Overall use of insulin pumps among U.S. youngsters with type 1 diabetes has climbed in recent decades, but those who are poor or from minority groups are less likely to have the devices, a new study finds.

13 Jun
Diabetes May Mean Worse Long-Term Outcomes for Breast Cancer Survivors

Diabetes May Mean Worse Long-Term Outcomes for Breast Cancer Survivors

Breast cancer is tough to beat, but if you also have diabetes and poor blood sugar control your long-term risk of death rises, researchers report.

Their study included 48...

07 Jun
'Open Source' Automated Insulin Delivery Systems Help People With Type 1 Diabetes

'Open Source' Automated Insulin Delivery Systems Help People With Type 1 Diabetes

Open-source automated insulin delivery (AID) systems are an effective and safe way for people with type 1 diabetes to control their blood sugar levels, researchers say.

The AID systems combine a...

07 Jun
Technology Helped Kids With Type 1 Diabetes During Pandemic

Technology Helped Kids With Type 1 Diabetes During Pandemic

High-tech devices and communication helped ease the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on children with type 1 diabetes, researchers said in a new study.

Pandemic shutdowns caused significant disruptions in health care, and previous studies have shown that diabetes patients ha...

06 Jun
Obesity in Teen Years Might Trigger Type 1 Diabetes

Obesity in Teen Years Might Trigger Type 1 Diabetes

Obesity is a well-known risk factor for type 2 diabetes. Now, a large new study adds to evidence that it also contributes to the much less common type 1 diabetes.

The study, of nearly 1.5 million Israeli teenagers, found that those who were

04 May
Obesity Could Raise a Child's Odds for Type 1 Diabetes

Obesity Could Raise a Child's Odds for Type 1 Diabetes

Overweight kids don't have it easy, and a new study warns they may also at increased risk for type 1 diabetes later in life.

"A critical window exists in childhood to mitigate the influence of adiposity [being severely overweight, or obese] on the escalating numbers of t...

28 Mar
Out-of-Network Costs Raise Medical Bills for Special Needs Kids

Out-of-Network Costs Raise Medical Bills for Special Needs Kids

Special needs children often require out-of-network care from specialists, which means more out-of-pocket costs and extra stress for families, a new study finds.

"In the U.S., the reality is that the more health care needs you have, especially from specialists, the great...

25 Feb
Researchers May Be Close to a Cure for Type 1 Diabetes

Researchers May Be Close to a Cure for Type 1 Diabetes

Science could be well on its way to a cure for type 1 diabetes, as researchers hone transplant therapies designed to restore patients' ability to produce t...

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