Managing diabetes is already a full-time job. Getting the supplies you need should not become another one. As someone living with diabetes, you may know the routine all too well: calling the pharmacy, sitting on hold, learning that your CGM sensors are backordered, discovering that your prescription needs another approval or worrying that you will run out of pump supplies before the next order is ready. Direct Diabetes has an important announcement that could make the process

For millions of people living with diabetes, one of the biggest concerns is protecting their eyesight. Diabetic retinal disease often develops silently, causing damage long before blurry vision or other symptoms appear. Now, researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered blood test that could identify early retinal damage before patients even notice a problem. The technology could one day make it easier for doctors to identify high-risk patients and begin

For families managing type 1 diabetes, every meal, snack, birthday party, and school lunch often comes with another insulin injection. That routine may soon become much easier. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Afrezza®, an inhaled mealtime insulin, for children and adolescents ages 6 and older living with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. The approval makes Afrezza the first and only needle-free mealtime insulin available for pediatric patients in the United

Watch this story above from WPXI-TV News in Pittsburgh Imagine living with type 1 diabetes for 30 years and suddenly not needing insulin shots or an insulin pump anymore. That's exactly what happened in a new study that has researchers excited. Scientists at the University of Chicago Medicine tested a new treatment that helped every participant who received an islet cell transplant become insulin independent. That means their bodies started making enough insulin on their own

If you've been told to avoid potatoes because of diabetes, new research suggests that advice may need a serious update — because not all potatoes are created equal. A large study published in The BMJ tracked more than 205,000 U.S. health professionals over nearly 40 years and found that eating three servings of French fries per week was linked to a 20% higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes, while baked, boiled, or mashed potatoes showed no significant increase in risk. It