Pain avoidance as a key motivator: Numerous surveys in 2025 indicate that a major reason people avoid consistent health tracking is the pain associated with needles or invasive procedures. As a result ...

Updated at 10:20 a.m. ET on June 20, 2025 To hear some of them tell it, the companies selling continuous glucose monitors have stumbled upon a heretofore unknown quirk of human biology.

After doing hundreds of finger sticks to manage gestational diabetes during my first pregnancy, I get why so many doctors say the best glucose monitor is one that monitors glucose continuously ...

A Glucose Monitor for Someone Without Diabetes: Optimal or Overkill? Our columnist tried Dexcom’s Stelo wearable to see if the data could help her live—and eat—healthier Share Resize ...

Continuous glucose monitors reveal these personal patterns, helping non-diabetics fine-tune their diets for better metabolic health, explained Dr. David Klonoff.

With various options available, from basic finger-prick tests to advanced continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), selecting the best one depends on your needs and lifestyle, so here’s what to ...

Whereas Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGMs) provide a real-time status of your glucose levels enabling people with diabetes to track patterns, anticipate fluctuations, and make adjustments to their ...

In an FDA release, Dr. Jeff Shuren, then director of the agency’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health, said that “CGMs can be a powerful tool to help monitor blood glucose” and that ...

To determine the best continuous glucose monitors of 2025, the Forbes Health editorial team considered 11 devices, analyzing their performance across the following metrics: Device features (sensor ...

That’s how continuous glucose monitors have helped Larry Colen, who said he’s been wearing Dexcom’s new, over-the-counter device for a few weeks.

Introduced in the late 1990s, continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) revolutionized diabetes care. Prior to CGM, home blood glucose monitoring (BGM) methodologies – which involve patients using a ...

Dr. Robert Shmerling, senior faculty editor of Harvard Health Publishing at Harvard Medical School, thinks continuous glucose monitoring is marketing getting ahead of the science.