In “better late than never” news, the United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has promoted Type 1 …
Diabetes Complications
How COVID-19 May Cause Diabetes
For months now, we’ve been reporting on one of the weirdest emerging stories of the coronavirus era: the increasingly ap…
Insulin Treatment is Associated with Increased Mortality in People with Type 2 Diabetes and Covid-19
A new study in Cell Metabolism has suggested that patients with COVID-19 and Type 2 diabetes that received insulin treat…
Covid-19 Means The Flu Vaccinations are Just as Important as Ever
Every time fall comes around I hear people debating:
“Should I get the flu shot?”
“Should I vaccinate my kids?”
I’m alw…
The Latest Numbers on COVID-19 and Type 1 Diabetes
In late May, we wrote about the first studies to explicitly analyze the health outcomes of people with Type 1 diabetes d…
Type 2 Diabetes and COVID-19: What We Know Now
Our early understanding of the novel coronavirus, and the CDC recommendations that have largely driven American policy a…
Double Diabetes, Once Rare, is Now Commonplace
People with type 1 diabetes are gaining more weight than ever, and it’s a problem. Over the last generation, rates of so…
First Data on Type 1 Diabetes Deaths Due to COVID-19
People with Type 1 diabetes are roughly 3 times as likely to die of COVID-19 as the nondiabetic population, and are at a…
COVID-19 is a Crisis for Black Americans with Diabetes
The early data on COVID-19 deaths in America is shocking and outrageous: “African Americans account for more than 40% of…
The Connection Between Type 2 Diabetes and Alzheimer’s Disease
It’s often said that Alzheimer’s disease is the medical condition people fear most—even more than cancer. This is unders…
