Managing diabetes used to mean pricking your finger multiple times a day, logging numbers in a notebook, and hoping your A1C told a decent story at your next appointment. Then continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) came along — and honestly, they changed everything. What Is a CGM, Exactly? A CGM is a small wearable device —…

Understanding the early-morning glucose surge — and what you can do about it You wake up, reach for your glucose meter, and get a reading that makes no sense. You haven’t eaten since dinner. You slept soundly. And yet your blood sugar is higher than it was when you went to bed. No insulin was…