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Remission versus Cure – What’s the Difference?
Whether healthcare providers use the term remission or cure to describe the effect of treatment on diabetes or any disease depends on what is known about the disease. “Cure” is typically used when discussing the treatment of a wide variety of infections, some conditions causing pain, and various other medical problems. It is typically used...
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How Do Drugs Prescribed to Prevent Diabetes-Related Health Outcomes Actually Work?
Diabetes care is preventive care. Almost all the therapies used by people with diabetes are prescribed because of solid research showing that they can directly or indirectly reduce the chance of developing a serious health outcome in the future. These include drugs that lower glucose and blood pressure, statin drugs for cholesterol lowering, drugs to...
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Your Kidneys and Diabetes: What You Need to Know
Your kidneys are small, but mighty, organs located on either side of your spine, just below your ribs. They perform many vital functions, with their most crucial role being to filter waste products and remove fluids from your blood, which then leaves your body as urine. Kidneys also help regulate electrolytes like sodium and potassium,...
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Stem Cell-Derived Islets Made Simple: How Lab-Grown Beta Cells Could Transform Diabetes
Diabetes develops when the beta cells in the pancreas, which normally make the hormone insulin, don’t work properly or are lost. While the usual treatment is to inject insulin from an outside source, this doesn’t perfectly control blood sugar like the body’s own healthy beta cells do. This can lead to problems like very low...
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Glucagon: A Forgotten Hormone in Diabetes
We need the right amount of sugar in our blood to be healthy. However, too much sugar over time can damage our organs. So, our blood sugar needs to stay within a small range – not too high and not too low. Our bodies keep track of and respond to changes in blood sugar using...
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Promising Trends in Type 1 Diabetes Prevention and Treatment
Living with type 1 diabetes (T1D) means constantly managing your blood sugar levels, often through daily insulin injections or the use of an insulin pump. Fortunately, diabetes care has come a long way. Today, many people use continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) and advanced insulin pumps that can automatically adjust insulin delivery, making life with diabetes...