Have you had patients come to your office with the latest and greatest thing for "curing" diabetes? Not a day goes by without someone showing me a new way to lose weight and fix their diabetes. But the real question is, are these fixes really working or is the problem …

With this week’s Homerun Slides, we cover topics including: Importance of Early Treatment; What Anti-VEGF is Best for DME; Intravitreal Steroid Implants; and "Does Good Blood Glucose Control Even Matter Once We Start Using anti-VEGF Agents for DR/DME?"…. To download this set of Homerun Slides in PowerPoint format (.ppt) just use …

David Levy, MD, FRCP Patients in the Intensive Care Unit Hyperglycemia, whether associated with known diabetes or not, carries a poor prognosis in critically ill patients through multiple mechanisms, including vascular disease, polyneuropathy, an increased tendency to infection, dyslipidemia, and abnormal anti-inflammatory and coagulation responses. Consistent near-normoglycemia has therefore been a …