Beta cells are very important in the production of insulin as we all know, and when our patients are developing diabetes they actually turn up insulin production in the beta cells, so that when they are diagnosed many patients are actually making a lot of insulin. However this overproduction of …

It seems that patients often fall into two categories when they get diagnosed with diabetes. They either get serious and try to do everything to reverse their disease or they just ignore it and figure it will go away. This week our Clinical Mastery Series newsletter looks at both categories. …

Joseph Hourmard talks about the benefits of aerobic exercise versus anaerobic exercise, and notes that as patients get older, doing more resistance-type exercise will help to maintain muscle mass. However, he again points out that the best exercise is the type that patients will actually do. He also notes that …

In this week’s Homerun Slides, we begin a short 5-part series covering the latest guidelines from the ADA. Topics covered this week include the Criteria for Diabetes Diagnosis, Categories for Increased Risk in Diabetes, and Screening Children for Type 2 Diabetes and Prediabetes…. To download the complete set of slides …

For years we at Diabetes in Control have advocated a lower carbohydrate diet with protein and fat increases to manage diabetes. Over time many mainstream organizations and diabetes care facilities have adjusted their thinking and one of our long term advisory board members, Dr. Richard Bernstein, is no longer ostracized …