May reduce food cravings and diabetes risk…. 

Last weekend, I spent some time with our president, Andrew Young, in Manhattan Beach. I got in some good quality time on the bike while Andrew was surfing in what I would swear was freezing water. Andrew has very well-controlled diabetes and to do this he often injects 6-8 times …

   This week’s set of Homerun Slides continues our short series on the Affordable Care Act with two important sections, covering Private Health Insurance changes, and the new state-run Health Insurance Exchanges….

Anne Peters, MD, and Lori Laffel, MD, MPH, Editors Jane Lee Chiang, MD, Managing Editor Prevention of β-cell Destruction and Preservation for Those with Existing Type 1 Diabetes Jane Lee Chiang, MD, and Stephen E. Gitelman, MD Role of Regulatory T-cells In moving these studies from bedside back to bench, …

Over the years as an educator I have tried to find every advantage for my patients who have diabetes. For some reason many of my medical colleagues feel that if you tell a patient to do things the right way they will do it. Logic says that this won’t happen …

If a new patient says they are taking “Humulin R” we need to be absolutely sure what they are talking about. We’ve prepared this selection of basic facts and resources for you to keep handy for easy reference in dealing with these questions…. Is only FDA approved for subcutaneous injection …

For those of us who are old enough to remember the first Star Trek, or for the rest of you who only know the original series from Nick at Nite reruns, Captain James Kirk would start the show in his rich deep voice by saying "Space: the final frontier. These are the …

Key Management Group Free Android    Medicode saves the time wasted in looking at huge lists of codes to search for one code. This application allows the user to search for Health IT codes within minutes. It gives access to the lists of ICD 9, ICD 10, CPT codes, LOINC …

AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. have recalled about 92,000 vials of their jointly marketed type 2 diabetes treatment Bydureon in several European countries because some vials weren’t fully filled with the long-acting medication.

Humulin R U500 is a concentrated insulin that contains 5 times as many units of insulin per ml as U100. It is also dispensed in a 20 ml vial versus 10 ml for the U100. This often causes confusion for many clinicians, pharmacists, educators and pharmacy benefit plans when trying to …