Lowering the glycemic index (GI) or carbohydrate content of mixed meals reduces blood glucose and insulin levels throughout the day without influencing satiety….

In a small randomized trial, cholecalciferol helped preserve beta-cell function in patients with new-onset type 1 diabetes….

Hospitalized patients with type 2 diabetes and renal insufficiency might benefit from lower than standard weight-based initial doses of insulin glargine or glulisine….

Two years ago there was a great deal of press about the use of the Estimated Average Glucose (eAG) and how this would revolutionize diabetes care, making things easier for our patients to understand their diabetes. However in practice there has not been a big shift in that direction. Now …

Diet and Nutritional Strategies During Sport and Exercise in Type 1 Diabetes Elaine Hibbert-Jones and Gill Regan   What should the target level of blood glucose be before exercise?

  In this week’s Homerun Slides, we examine the use of eAG which is not always just confusing to patients.

Silva A. Arslanian, MD, talks about the particular challenges of type 2 diabetes in adolescence and the role parents should but often do not play in helping to manage their children’s diabetes….

Dr. Arslanian confirms that she is seeing a higher incidence of type 2 diabetes in children in lower socio-economic classes, where there is also a higher obesity rate. More videos with Dr. Arslanian: Silva A. Arslanian, MD, Introduction T2DM in Children – Earlier co-morbidities? What drugs can be prescribed to …

Silva A. Arslanian, MD, explains the rigorous process for gaining approval for new diabetes drugs for children, and points out that the type 2 rate is not yet at epidemic proportions in children (as it is in adults)….