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A woman is outdoors dressed for a run with a continuous glucose monitor visible on her upper arm.
Health and Wellness | November 18, 2025

Can Continuous Glucose Monitoring Improve Your Fitness?

Developed for diabetes care, continuous glucose monitoring is now also used by people without diabetes for fitness. See what studies say.
A man with glasses and a yellow shirt is injecting insulin into his arm.
Scripps in the News | June 23, 2025

Scripps Diabetes Expert Reports Results of Weekly Insulin Study

Endocrinologist and Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute Corporate Vice President Athena Philis-Tsimikas, MD, delivered the results of a clinical trial.
Health and Wellness | December 2, 2024

9 Ways to Enjoy the Holidays and Manage Your Diabetes

Follow our tips for enjoying the holidays while staying mindful of your diet, weight and diabetes management.
Health and Wellness | December 2, 2024

5 Diabetes-Friendly Comfort Foods for the Winter Season

During the cold winter months, making simple swaps in comfort foods can enhance their health benefits. Follow our tips.
An African-American woman uses a device to monitor her blood glucose and keep her diabetes in check.
Health and Wellness | November 1, 2024

What Are the Early Signs of Type 2 Diabetes?

Knowing the early signs of type 2 diabetes, including high blood sugar levels, can help prevent or delay this chronic illness.
Athena Philis-Tsimikas, MD, and her team help patients manage their diabetes with innovative tools, support groups and self management classes.
Health and Wellness | August 21, 2024

A Century of Diabetes Care

For 100 years, Scripps has been a leader in diabetes care, advancing programs, including for high-risk, underserved communities.
Continuous glucose monitoring thumbnail featuring Dr. Tsimikas.
Health and Wellness | July 30, 2024

How Do Continuous Glucose Monitors Work? (video/podcast)

Continuous glucose monitors track blood sugar 24/7 without finger pricks. Learn how they work and help you manage your diabetes.
A person outside while the sun is shining and holding their smartphone.
Scripps in the News | March 14, 2024

Scripps Diabetes Expert Weighs in on First Over-the-Counter CGM

The FDA's recent approval of the first continuous glucose monitoring system that doesn’t require a prescription is an “exciting” option for people with...
A physician discusses a diet plan with her prediabetes patient, a Hispanic woman who is smiling because she knows she can prevent type 2 diabetes from occurring.
Health and Wellness | October 12, 2023

Is Type 2 Diabetes Preventable?

Millions of Americans have prediabetes, a precursor to type 2 diabetes, but most don't know they have it or that it's reversible.
Nancy Butsumyo smiles on the pickleball court. A prediabetes diagnosis was a wakeup call to make lifestyle changes to prevent type 2 diabetes, which runs in her family.
Patient Stories | August 21, 2023

Scripps Healthy Lifestyle Program Helps Patient Prevent Diabetes

Nancy Butsumyo’s prediabetes diagnosis was a wakeup call to make lifestyle changes to prevent type 2 diabetes, which runs in her family.