We are rapidly approaching the ten year anniversary of the entrance of GLP-1 analogs into the diabetes marketplace. It all started with exenatide and most medical professionals we interviewed back then did not believe that clinicians or patients would use an injectable unless they had to. Fast forward ten years …

iHealth Ventures, LLC Free/iOS   This iPhone/iPod app can keep track of patients’ Medical Emergency information I.C.E. ("In Case of Emergency"), and can provide information to first responders, hospital personnel, paramedics and other emergency personnel responding to accidents, crimes and disasters. 

Laurent Pellegrino Free/Android  Medical ID allows patients to write a medical profile that is accessible from the lock screen.

We have always been very focused here at Diabetes in Control on the value of physical activity for the prevention of diabetes and reduction of obesity. We offer apps for your patients and we even have our own physical activity guru, Dr. Sheri Colberg. The reason that we do all …

Peter T. Katzmarzyk, Ph.D, goes into detail on the nature of his research, explaining that, although we have had around 60 years of research of physical health and we understand the benefits moderate and vigorous physical activity, we seem to know very little about sedentary behavior. With our society becoming increasingly sedentary, it’s …

Peter Katzmarzyk, PhD, FACSM, FAHA, gives us a brief introduction to himself and explains that the current focus of his research is on what happens with the human body when it’s not exercising which is most of the rest of the day…. More videos with Dr. Katzmarzyk: Peter Katzmarzyk, PhD, …

In this week’s Homerun Slides, we review the properties of insulin glargine including U-300 glargine vs U-100 glargine. With the advent of Toujeo on the market, you may want to review these slides….

David Levy, MD, FRCP Introduction: Type 2 Diabetes as a Progressive Condition Glycemia in type 2 diabetes progressively deteriorates with time, usually thought to be related to progressive beta-cell failure. This was demonstrated dramatically in the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS 1998), but the glycemic trends have been less marked …

Years ago I was attending an annual AADE meeting in Washington, DC. It was a hot summer day in August and while running between meetings, I got overheated. One of my fellow attendees, a nurse educator who was also a friend and past president of AADE, put a cool wet …

Exposure to low socioeconomic status appears to increase the risk for death in patients diagnosed with type 1 diabetes during childhood who died after age 18 years… This should add more incentive to make the social worker part of the diabetes team. The researchers wrote, “The current study indicates that …