Diabetes Complications

Big new insights on diabetes treatments and technology emerged from the American Diabetes Association’s (ADA) 2026 conference in New Orleans. Here’s what matters most for people living with diabetes.

People with difficult-to-manage high blood pressure have a new treatment option with the recent FDA approval of Baxfendy (baxdrostat).

Despite diabetes-related nerve pain affecting millions of people, many find themselves cycling through ineffective treatments, including opioids (which have a higher risk for addiction), simply because better, safer options are out of reach. A new piece of legislation, the Relief of Chronic Pain Act, aims to change that.

A new campaign launched by diaTribe and Genentech aims to empower and educate people about diabetes-related eye disease. Here’s what you can do today to protect your eye health. 

Once consumed by diabetes burnout and kidney failure, diabetes advocate Dan Newman now runs marathons, challenges stigma, and helps others believe their lives are bigger than their diagnoses.

Many cases of type 1 diabetes are diagnosed after a person has gone into diabetic ketoacidosis, a potentially life-threatening emergency. Ketone monitoring could help catch DKA before it happens.