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Susan received a phone call from her clinician's office recommending that she start using a pen for her insulin. She had also been prescribed a GLP-1 receptor agonist and was to go to the pharmacy to pick them up.
She went and signed up for the long 'discourse' patients receive when they pick up new meds including questions such as whether or not the pharmacist had offered instructions and pages of small print. She, like many of our patients, signed the sheets and went on her own way without ever talking to a pharmacist or asking a question.

Although not the most prevalent comorbid condition in patients with T2DM, heart failure was the most fatal in a 17-year long nationwide real-life cohort study. 

Newly-diagnosed diabetes and admission hyperglycemia are linked to rapid respiratory deterioration in COVID-19 patients. 

Multiple treatments were compared to improve outcomes in patients with prediabetes.

Technology and unique rapid-acting insulin can improve time in range and Quality of Life for patients with diabetes. 

I recently saw a patient for a diabetes follow-up and had just gotten her lab values faxed over. Her A1c came back at 9.6, despite the patient telling me that her glucose meter readings were much lower. She even showed me the meter, and upon doing some averaging, it appeared that her A1c should be a lot lower....

By Sheri Colberg, PhD
In these challenging times, if we only could get a medication that would boost our immune system and response to viruses, lower all stress associated with being in a pandemic, and treat most of the pre-existing health conditions that are associated with a higher risk of dying from COVID-19, we would all be lined up for it! Guess what? We already have something that does all these things already.

Lifestyle modifications as first-line treatment have paramount importance on the quality of life.

Does the fat content of dairy products play a role in the development of metabolic syndrome (MetS)?

Adequate amounts of magnesium in the diet could reduce the risk of type 2 and cerebral vascular incidents.