Technology often makes life easier to manage, and new research confirms that’s definitely the case for people with type 1 diabetes.

Continuous glucose monitors — devices that approximate blood sugar levels every few minutes — can help teens and young adults better manage their diabetes. They can also help older adults prevent dangerously low blood sugar levels (hypoglycemia), according to two new studies.

“The advent of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology has revolutionized outpatient diabetes care in the past decade,” wrote the authors of an accompanying editorial, Dr. Shivani Agarwal and Dr. Anne Cappola from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City.

Technology often makes life easier to manage, and new research confirms that’s definitely the case for people with type 1 diabetes.

Continuous glucose monitors — devices that approximate blood sugar levels every few minutes — can help teens and young adults better manage their diabetes. They can also help older adults prevent dangerously low blood sugar levels (hypoglycemia), according to two new studies.

“The advent of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology has revolutionized outpatient diabetes care in the past decade,” wrote the authors of an accompanying editorial, Dr. Shivani Agarwal and Dr. Anne Cappola from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City.