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With the increasing use of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) in people with diabetes, glucose metrics are starting to complement HbA1c in both diabetes care and clinical trials. To reduce the risk of compl...

The Hypo-RESOLVE consortium is dedicated to developing new tools to investigate the impact of hypos and to find solutions to improve the lives of people with diabetes. New Hypo-RESOLVE studies on the psychos...

Many people with diabetes would like to reduce the number of insulin injections they need, which is why the development of weekly insulins has been watched with great interest. Findings from recent clinical ...

Automated insulin delivery (AID) within hybrid closed loop systems is starting to take centre stage in diabetes management. Findings from recent AID studies in a real-world setting in France, Belgium and Eng...

The wider use of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) raises questions about the significance of low glucose readings. According to findings presented at the recent Advanced Technologies & Treatments for ...

There are exciting developments in diabetes technology happening right now, which can help lighten the daily burden of managing the condition. The challenge of making the latest diabetes devices and monitori...

Over the one hundred years since its first use, insulin has undoubtedly saved many lives, yet it still does not fully meet the needs of people living with diabetes. However, there is cause for optimism, acco...

Pregnancies complicated by diabetes are on the increase and pose risks for mother and baby. The role of diabetes technology in improving outcomes in these pregnancies was under discussion at ‘Revolutio...

Suzie Normanton, EASD e-Learning’s Accreditation and Feedback Lead, reports on the feedback we’ve received over recent months – and what’s been done to address it.

Diabetic retinopathy was one of the hot topics at the recent International Diabetes Federation (IDF) meeting. The session covered the latest research into retinal dysfunction and the challenges of setting up...

Around 537 million adults around the world now live with diabetes – an increase of 73.6 million between 2019 and 2021 – according to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Diabetes Atlas 202...

The latest module from EASD e-Learning unpicks the complex pathway of events involved in exocytosis within the beta cell – and explores some of the points along that pathway that have been implicated i...

Continuous glucose monitoring allows a person with diabetes to monitor time in range (TIR), which gives a more complete picture of glycaemic control than HbA1c measurements. So should TIR therefore replace H...

In war or during a natural disaster, people with diabetes often go without the care they need because attention is focused upon dealing with medical emergencies. Speakers at the recent International Diabetes...

Prevention and remission of type 2 diabetes is crucial for tackling the projected increases in incidence in coming years. The logistics of setting up a large-scale programme in England and the challenges of ...

Low birth weight (LBW) is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. At the recent EASD meeting in Stockholm, researchers at the Steno Diabetes Center in Copenhagen revealed that people with LBW a...

As populations age around the world, multimorbidity is an increasingly significant global challenge. The latest module launching today on the EASD e-Learning site explores the impact of multimorbidity and it...

Advances in diabetes technology should help reduce the frequency of hypoglycaemia and the distress it can cause but does the clinical evidence for this stack up? And what about the psychological barriers to ...

A recent study discussed at the 2022 EASD Annual Meeting found that modifiable risk factors, including HbA1c and BMI, are consistently associated with severe influenza, pneumonia and COVID-19 infection outco...

Hypoglycaemia remains a common and inevitable risk of insulin therapy. The International Hypoglycaemia Study Group seeks to raise awareness among people with diabetes and healthcare professionals, and advanc...

New research into waist-hip ratio (WHR) as a superior measure was presented at the 2022 EASD Annual Meeting. Lisa Buckingham reports.