Insulin Therapy Center

A patient who had had diabetes for over a year visited the office complaining that her A1c was high. Still, when she checks her blood sugars, they are low almost every day; she’s had many hypoglycemic reactions and doesn't understand how that could happen.... 

Do meals with high fat or high protein content allow for the prescribed insulin dose to balance a patient with type 1 diabetes’s glucose levels? 

A breakthrough in software for insulin pumps approved by the FDA. 

Examining the complex relationship between incretin hormones and sex hormones in patients undergoing gender transition. 

There is a strong need to understand the relationship between the refusal of insulin therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes and worsening blood glucose levels. 

I am a diabetes educator and have built a small business helping senior citizens care for their animals with diabetes. It seems that most of the pets I see are small dogs and their owners use insulin to manage their animals' diabetes.

Is there a benefit to keeping it “simple” when determining appropriate regimens for patients with diabetes?  

A patient called to report that they had the flu, were vomiting and had diarrhea. The patient was not eating and so assumed, because of this, that they should not be taking their insulin. I had the patient check their blood sugars which were found to be over 340mg/dL....

A better understanding of clinical characteristics can lead to more effective therapy being implemented earlier, and fewer complications. 

It may be time to start counting fat in addition to carbs to lower A1c effectively.