Every time we talk to a patient newly diagnosed with diabetes we talk about the kidneys, the feet, and the eyes, and what can happen if we let our glucose levels run rampant. We focus on this because the concept of microvascular complications has been beaten into our heads since …

Dr. Aaron Vinik, a world-reknowned expert on diabetic neuropathy, talks about the issue of “numb feet” and how this early sympton of diabetes often ends up in a patient being sent to a podiatrist rather than getting care for diabetes. He also reveals some of the exciting new medications and …

Dr. Aaron Vinik addresses the question of why so much current diabetes therapy is focused on lowering blood glucose levels despite evidence that for some cardiovascular issues, this doesn’t have as much of an impact as other drugs which may have less BG-lowering capacities….

It was 8:15 pm. A patient who lives alone called me. “Joy, I just mixed up my Humalog and my Lantus. I took 20 units of Humalog but I was supposed to take 20 units of Lantus, and I took 10 units of Lantus.” I knew that the onset of …