Dr. McCulloch discusses the differences between the British healthcare system (NHS) and the American system, and explains why he believes a single-payer system can work. He also asserts that patient care should be results-based and providers should be reimbursed according to the quality of their care, rather than the quantity. …

Starting and correcting multiple daily injections   This we have Part 4 of our Homerun Slides series on Starting Basal and Bolus Insulins, with topics covered including the different insulin pens available from Novo and Lilly, Starting MDI, and Correction Bolus Formula….

Dr. David McCulloch introduces himself and confirms that he is from the U.K. but now lives in Seattle, Washington, where is part of the Group Health team serving between 25,000 and 30,000 patients with diabetes. More videos with Dr. McCulloch: Dave McCulloch, MD, Q2: The Most Important Innovations in Diabetes …

Amy P. Campbell, MS, RD, CDE, and Richard S. Beaser, M.D.  The weeks excerpt answers the following questions: How to teach your patients to read food labels What "dietetic" foods actually are How much alcohol will affect blood sugars How to use insulin if fasting  When and how to use …

The human body is able to maintain tight control of blood glucose despite varying glucose consumption, production, and utilization. Two key players involved in maintaining glucose homeostasis are the liver and the hormone insulin which affect each other through various direct and indirect mechanisms…. Insulin Physiology and Metabolism by the …

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and that you found everything you wanted during your Black Friday shopping spree. During the recent Liver Meeting 2012 in Boston there was a presentation on the apparent increase in the risk of liver disease and cirrhosis in type 1 patients. With this in …

Diabetes In Control fully supports our medical professional readers watching this video, and always considering all of the available and relevant data before prescribing any medications.

What We Don’t Know about the Drugs We Recommend See this week’s Tool for Your Practice, Dr. Ben Goldacre’s TED Conference talk, What doctors don’t know about the drugs they prescribe.

Many chains, including Starbucks, Panera and McDonald’s, have already begun posting nutritional information on their menus, well ahead of the Affordable Care Act’s mandate to do so. Technomic conducted a survey of restaurant consumer attitudes and found that 65% favor such labeling in restaurants, with the strongest demand for listing …

Diabetes is running at record levels worldwide and half the people estimated to have the disease are, as yet, undiagnosed, according to a new report. The number of people living with diabetes is now put at 371 million, up from 366 million a year ago, with numbers expected to reach …