Adults with diabetes using an implantable 1-year continuous glucose monitoring sensor had a mean time in range of about 66% and similar glycemic outcomes in the second half of the year compared with the first half, according to a presenter.
As Healio previously reported in September 2024, the FDA granted clearance to the Eversense 365 (Senseonics), a CGM sensor that is placed under the skin and has a lifespan of 1 year. The device was cleared for adults aged at least 18 years with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. In findings presented at the International Conference on Advanced Technologies &

Cigarette smoking among U.S. adults fell from 10.8% in 2023 to 9.9% in 2024, signaling a “landmark moment” with a prevalence below 10%, according to findings published in NEJM Evidence.
“These findings reinforce that clinicians remain central to tobacco prevention and cessation,” Israel Agaku, DMD, MPH, MBA, PhD, adjunct clinical professor at the University of California, San Francisco, told Healio. “Even brief conversations about tobacco use during routine visits can help patients quit and contribute to continued declines in smoking.”
In this analysis, Agaku evaluated responses from 29,522

The Consortium for Food Allergy Research recently launched FoodSpace, “a unified repository for food allergy research,” according to a presentation at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.
Within this online platform, researchers can access resources used in specific food allergy studies, such as protocols, standard operating procedures (SOPs), consent forms and surveys. Researchers can also submit their own resources to be added to FoodSpace’s library so others can utilize their materials.
To learn more about FoodSpace, the process for getting a study added

AI could help predict which patients with ulcerative colitis and low-grade dysplasia will progress to colorectal cancer.
In an evaluation of nearly 3,000 veterans, AI matched manual chart reviews on variables linked with progression with around 90% accuracy.
Additionally, it found the 5-year cumulative risk for colorectal cancer or high-grade dysplasia among patients with unresectable visible low-grade dysplasia to be almost twice as high as previously thought.
“We were encouraged by the model’s high accuracy in predicting cancer risk in unseen data,” Kit Curtius, PhD, assistant professor in the

Approximately half of patients with the highest-risk brain metastases did not receive palliative care consultations, according to results of a study of nearly 500 patients. Those who received palliative care had significantly higher rates of advance directive completion and hospice enrollment, without any compromise in overall survival.
“Palliative care consultation is not end-of-life consultation,” Rohit Singh, MD, medical oncologist and assistant professor at University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, told Healio. “It should be a part of patients’ multidisciplinary team.”
Singh’s

As the American College of Rheumatology marks the 50th anniversary of the first meeting of pediatric rheumatologists in North America, anemic workforce figures threaten to dilute the subspecialty’s hard-won victories in patient care.
That meeting in 1976 marked the initial formalization of pediatric rheumatology within the ACR and the United States, triggering an expansion of much-needed pediatric fellowship programs — and physicians — entering the specialty. However, that expansion has not kept pace with patient needs, according to the ACR.
“The feeling overall remains one of being concerned,