Blood Sugar

Most nursing home clinicians do not include sodium/glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2Is) in their diabetes treatment toolkit. But use of the glucose-lowering drugs is growing in this setting, investigators...

As a wounded veteran of multiple misguided unions, the McKnight’s headline raised at least one of my eyebrows: “Marriage, acrimonious or not, appears to protect blood sugar levels in seniors.” From...

Mounjaro was more effective than other type 2 diabetes drugs at helping clinical trial participants control blood sugar and lose weight, the FDA reports.

Investigators have created a protective coating that wraps around insulin and amylin molecules, allowing them to coexist in a single syringe or insulin pump.

A diet high in refined carbohydrates may trigger insomnia in older women, a new study has found.

Common cognitive disorder often misdiagnosed as dementia … Belly fat finding may lead way to age-related metabolic disease prevention … Older adults have less diabetes distress, better blood sugar...

Women who eat the bulk of their daily calories in the evening face a higher heart disease risk, according to new research from Columbia University.

High rate of pressure ulcers, infections in residents discharged to SNFs from hospitals … Aggressive blood sugar lowering doesn’t benefit stroke patients … Senate bill would reduce drug costs for...

Seniors without diabetes but with higher than average blood sugar levels have an 18% increased risk for dementia, a new study shows.

Seniors with higher than average blood sugar levels have an 18% increased risk for dementia, according to a new study.