Does Night Testing Improve HBA1C?

Does Night Testing Improve HBA1C? Following a Hypoglycemia Event at Addenbrookes, I was on a mission to find out if exhausting night testing is really worth it and does it improve HBA1C results? Night testing is an emotive subject to parents of children with Type 1 Diabetes. This post is not intended to be judgmental

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Overnight Blood Glucose Levels in Teens

We all know that hormones play havoc to overnight blood glucose levels in Teens with Type 1 Diabetes. We’ve just come through a particularly tough week, trying to work out what changes are needed to get better numbers overnight. We use the freestyle libre so we can see what blood glucose levels are actually doing between

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Freestyle Libre Review 2016

After using it for a year now, it’s time to review the Freestyle Libre and specifically when it’s being used on Children. The Libre burst onto the pharmaceutical market at the end of 2014, the World’s first Flash Glucose Monitoring System. With a marketing headline “Why prick when you can scan?” it’s no wonder that

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