April 7, 2020 : DCMS #496

TOP STORIES — Diabetes News and Research

Best Practices for Treating Comorbidities in Patients with COVID-19

The Correlation between BMI, Fitness, and Mortality in Patients with Diabetes

Air Pollution Alters Gut Microbiome and Increases Risk For Diabetes

MOST POPULAR ARTICLES OF THE MONTH

#1 How Can A Patient Have Constant Low Blood Sugars and Have an Elevated A1c?

#2 Managing Your Exercise in a Pandemic: 10 Easy Exercises to Build a Strong Core Without Leaving the House

#3 Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Mortality for Those With Diabetes 

As we move further into the year and the changes that the Pandemic has caused, we are forced to make changes in how we look at everything from healthcare to shopping to working environments.

The first thing we see is a change in the way Pharma companies will approach medical professionals. Many companies are using telephone calls to check on samples and coupons and the like, and now there is a movement to the vLNL or virtual Lunch and Learn. Using technologies like FaceTime, Zoom, Microsoft Teams and the like, Pharma reps are having meals delivered and meeting with the prescribers, with samples and coupons being mailed by fulfillment houses.

The announcement by the ADA that they are going to make this year’s scientific session an interactive online meeting, changes the whole exhibitor experience, and if it is successful you can bet that others will duplicate the idea, and trade shows are likely to follow the same route. When you couple these workarounds with the consistent decrease in attendance and exhibitors over the last few years, you can almost see the handwriting on the wall.

This is why we started this newsletter many years ago, and why we still feel we are on the cutting edge of delivering concise information to you, our loyal readers.

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Dave Joffe

Editor-in-chief

This past Friday, without much fanfare, per the ADA’s web site, the ADA made it official: converting the upcoming conference which was supposed to be in Chicago in June to a virtual conference. The AACE organization has also cancelled their conference.

Patients with diabetes and hypertension may be affected differently in COVID-19 infections. 

Trying to understand the “obesity paradox” in patients with diabetes. 

Exposure to air pollutants alters the composition of gut microbiota, subsequently increases the risk of obesity, diabetes, gastrointestinal disorders, and other chronic illnesses.