Daily blood sugar checking is an essential component of any effective diabetes management plan. Historically, this has been accomplished via traditional blood glucose meters (BGMs). But studies sho...

Effective diabetes management may look different in later life than it did when you were younger—particularly during perimenopause and menopause. During these times, many women find that the strate...

While many people associate diabetes with children, it can occur in adults. In fact, type 2 diabetes typically develops in people over the age of 45, and one study found that 42% of type 1 diabetes...

Diabetes is a medical condition in which the body is unable to produce or doesn’t properly use insulin. Insulin, a hormone produced in the pancreas, regulates the amount of glucose in the blood. Wh...

Tiredness is a common and frustrating symptom of diabetes. Among people newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, approximately 61% report feeling fatigued. Similarly, among people living with type 1 d...

Exercise is one of the most powerful, yet simple, tools in your diabetes management toolbox. There are many well-known benefits of exercise—it can help control weight, lower LDL cholesterol (the ba...

Every year, approximately 2–10% of pregnancies in the United States are affected by gestational diabetes. After receiving a gestational diabetes diagnosis, one of the first things that come to mind...

If you’re living with diabetes, you know that diabetes management involves many important self-care tasks. And if you’re one of the millions of people who’ve shifted to working from home recently, ...

The transition from high school to college can be challenging for anyone. But for college students with diabetes, a new environment and new routines can interfere with the ability to effectively ma...