Continuous glucose monitors (CGM), once exclusive to diabetics, are now available over-the-counter, opening new possibilities for health monitoring.

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Approximately 37.3 million people, or about 11% of the U.S. population, have diabetes while an additional 96 million have prediabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

State Senator John Whitmire says his run for Houston Mayor is personal because it's his opportunity to guide the city he loves to better prosperity. On this week's Houston Newsmakers with Khambrel Marshall, Senator Whitmire talks about the city's fiscal challenges ahead, his plans for correcting them answers critics about his campaign fund and accusations that his campaign was responsible for a leaked audio tape of Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee.

"I'm quite optimistic that over the next several years we should be able to understand the causes of diabetes better through this approach and hopefully classify diabetes in a way that's much more helpful to clinicians and to physicians," Dr. Ashok Balasubramanyam, said.

Kathy Swegger, of The Woodlands, Texas, felt her life turn upside down when her 11-year-old son, James, was diagnosed with a life-changing chronic illness: Type 1 diabetes.

Eli Lilly will cap the out-of-pocket cost of its insulin at $35 a month, the drugmaker said Wednesday. The move, experts say, could prompt other insulin makers in the U.S. to follow suit.

Nearly 13 percent of adults in Houston live with diabetes, and for some neighborhoods, that number is even higher, up to 24 percent. In our latest 2 your health segment, we welcome back Dr. David Persse, chief medical officer for the city of Houston.

The drug Semaglutide was initially marketed under the name Ozempic to manage type two diabetes. Last year, Semaglutide was approved by the FDA to be used for weight loss under the name Wegovy.

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Diabetes is considered a growing epidemic in the U.S.

Mary Ellen Phipps is the registered dietitian nutritionist behind Milk & Honey Nutrition. She was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at 5-years-old. Since then, she’s always thought about food differently. Now as an adult, she cooked up a real passion for turning classic comfort foods into healthier, low-sugar meals and snacks.

Mary Ellen Phipps, RDN shares healthy and easy recipe ideas to help manage diabetes and blood sugars. Mary Ellen Phipps, RDN shares healthy and easy recipe ideas to help manage diabetes and blood sugars. Mary Ellen Phipps, RDN shares healthy and easy recipe ideas to help manage diabetes and blood sugars. Mary Ellen Phipps, RDN shares healthy and easy recipe ideas to help manage diabetes and blood sugars. Mary Ellen Phipps, RDN shares healthy and easy recipe ideas to help manage diabetes and blood sugars.

“So when you have diabetes, you have high blood sugars, and you need to use it up, instead of store it or let it keep spinning around in your bloodstream. So, I think people don’t put as much thought or effort into the exercise component of diabetes management,” Folb said. HolidaysWith the busy holiday season approaching, it’s tricky to balance stress, exercise and diet. Eating a meal full of carbs plus dessert will spike your blood sugar and can make it difficult to bring back down. Folb said keeping your blood sugar high for too long can increase inflammation which leads to heart attacks and strokes.

In Texas, more than 2.8 million people are living with the disease, according to the American Diabetes Association. If you have gestational diabetes, your baby could be at higher risk for health problems. There is a diabetes support group in Northwest Houston that meets the last Tuesday of every other month. The American Diabetes Association offers several ways that you can help support research, including these promotions. Make a donation to the American Diabetes Association here.

Safe to say, most people have heard of diabetes, the disease that affects the way your body regulates blood sugar, or glucose.

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You’d never know by watching her perform, but singer/songwriter Crystal Bowersox has been living with type 1 diabetes since she was six. Sometimes no matter how hard she tries, she said her blood sugar will still get low. “So a mild low blood sugar is something I can treat myself, I can do to my fridge get some juice, and I’ll be okay,” Bowersox saidBut a low blood sugar emergency is a different story. But with severely low blood sugar can come fainting and seizures. “I don’t want to be naive and think I’m always going to know when it’s going low,” Bowersox said.

Now, theres a new use for all of those patients who wear a continuous glucose monitor (CGM). One healthcare giant says people who wear them should pay special attention to any abnormalities in their daily readings because it might be a good tool for catching a COVID-19 infection early. How his CGM and smartwatch saved himThe CGMs can work together with smart devices to alert diabetic patients when blood sugar is too high or too low. Sudden changes in blood sugar control may point to a potential COVID infection and we know of those that have died from COVID-19, 40% had diabetes. This could be an important key to catching coronavirus early, and in this group of people with diabetes, thats particularly important.