What would you do if you had a patient with type 1 diabetes, unusual fatigue, weight gain, and an A1c 1.3% higher than her previous one? If it was weight gain and a lower A1c it might mean one thing; higher A1c and lower weight would mean something else; but what …

  In this week’s series of Homerun Slides, we continue with our update on the current state of type 2 therapy with Dr. Stanley Schwartz. Topics include: Potential mechanisms of reducing CV outcomes with DPP-IV inhibitors; exenatide and CV outcomes; and Incretins in Type 2 Patients….

Ramsi Ajjan Iwona is a 30-year-old woman with known type 1 diabetes for 12 years. She visits her GP complaining of tiredness and weight gain. Her HbA1c levels over the past 7 years have ranged between 6.4 and 7.1%, but her most recent test showed an HbA1c of 8.3%.   …

Voxiva, Inc. Free iOS/Android From the Care4Life team which developed a support website for diabetes patients comes this new app to help you help your patients. Care4life is a personal diabetes program that helps your patients take better control of their type 2 diabetes, make healthy choices and avoid complications. …

Happy Holidays from all of us at Diabetes In Control.   As I was reviewing the articles for this week I got a call at the pharmacy from a 40 year old patient asking me to refill her two diabetes drugs: metformin and glyburide. As I was processing the prescriptions …

Diabetes and Disney  Lilly Diabetes and Disney have announced that their custom books for children and families with type 1 diabetes are now available online. The digital books explore real-life challenges and stories of children with type 1 diabetes participating in sports activities, birthday parties and other social events. These …

  Asante Snap Insulin Pump  Asante Snap’s benefits include: prefilled cartridges, automatically fills tubing (autoprime), 25% lighter than the leading pump, never needs to have the battery changed or charged, uses glass cartridges scientifically proven to keep insulin at high quality, plus first-time users were able to complete critical tasks …

New data presented at the World Diabetes Congress showed type 1 diabetes patients who developed diabetic neuropathy had significantly lower corneal nerve fiber length at baseline than those who did not develop the condition during a three-year follow-up period. Evaluating corneal nerve fiber length may be a useful means to …

Children who had an increase in body mass index before age 4 had a greater likelihood of developing metabolic syndrome at 12 years of age than their peers according to a new study. Researchers also found that boys who experienced an increase in BMI at younger ages were more likely …

Female type 2 diabetes patients younger than 45 years were more than three times as likely to experience early menopause than their healthier peers, a study indicated. Researchers also found the mean age of menopause in women with diabetes was 48.5 years, compared with 50.1 years in those without diabetes. …