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DISASTERS AVERTED — Near Miss Case Studies
Time Will Tell What Patient Will Do
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW — Candid Video Interviews with Top Practitioners
Dr. Jeffrey Mechanick Part 3, Simplifying Aspects of Diabetes Care
HOMERUN SLIDES — Great Clinical Presentation Highlights
Continuous Glucose Monitoring in the Hospital Part 2
CLINICAL GEMS — The Best from Diabetes Texts
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#1 ADA Issues New Recommendations on Physical Activity
#2 Simple Cure For Remission of Prediabetes
#3 When Losing Weight, Warn ’em!
Editor's Note
This past week, I received a packet of new information on managing diabetes. It was provided by a pharma company and developed by one of the most prestigious diabetes education centers in the world. This was a packet that we could share with our diabetes patients, so they could manages their disease “easily.”
There was a 30-page cookbook and a 60-page diabetes book that included everything from symptoms of hypoglycemia, to how to maximize exercise, to how to give insulin. There was also a pad of small posters to hang in the house, and a medication reminder book to list meds, insulin, and glucose readings. Although it was a beautiful package, I had to chuckle as I thought about if someone would actually take the time to go through the packet and actually use the information — or would they decide that their disease was too bad and too hard and just give up?
That is why we have part 3 of Dr. Jeffrey Mechanick’s interview on Simplifying the Aspects of Diabetes Care, and how he disseminates information to his patients.
Dave Joffe
Editor-in-chief
DISASTERS AVERTED — Near Miss Case Studies
Male, 21 years of age has class III obesity, binge eating disorder, fatty liver, and asthma, and was recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. It is his freshman year at a college away from home. He eats in the cafeteria, and has no refrigerator or stove in his room. He visits today after not taking metformin or GLP-1 agonist since at starting school. He is under a lot of stress and states the food at school is terrible, unhealthy, and not diabetes-friendly at all. Note, he has been taught a lower carb meal plan. He says he is not taking Glucophage or Victoza; each of them at low doses gives him terrible diarrhea. He states he checks his glucose twice a week, with fastings in the 90-100 range. He is up 10 pounds since our last visit in September.
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW — Candid Video Interviews with Top Practitioners
Dr. Jeffrey Mechanick talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed at the 2016 AACE Meeting. In part 3 of this Exclusive Interview, Dr. Mechanick explains how he disseminates diabetes care information to his patients in an easy-to-understand manner over time.
HOMERUN SLIDES — Great Clinical Presentation Highlights
In this week’s Homerun Slides, the Biostator artificial pancreas, first introduced in 1979.
CLINICAL GEMS — The Best from Diabetes Texts
Glucagon and diabetes: Plasma levels of glucagon have been found to be increased in all experimental and clinical forms of diabetes mellitus. This disturbance undoubtedly contributes to the hyperglycemia of the disease and excessive ketogenesis of diabetic coma. Numerous studies have shown that failure of glucagon suppression contributes to postprandial hyperglycemia in type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
MOST POPULAR ARTICLES OF THE MONTH
Updated guidelines suggest short periods of movement every 30 minutes.
There has been a controversy over the last 30 years as to which is the best diet to prevent diabetes.
I work in obesity medicine. As many of us know, losing weight isn’t the problem for most, but weight regain is.
As the saying goes for many, you can’t be rich enough or thin enough. Many of our patients come in with unrealistic goals regarding their weight loss, and don’t give themselves enough credit for the weight they have lost. Many, for many reasons, regain.