For thousands of years humans had to adapt to their conditions. We were affected by heat and cold, severe weather events, and times of feast or famine. We became good at adapting to our environments, and our bodies learned mechanisms to carry us through almost any condition. During these millennia …

Type 1 diabetes in children and youth is typically characterized by weight loss, polyuria, polydipsia, blurring of vision, very high plasma glucose concentrations, and ketonuria.

19-year-old female, type 1, insulin pump, and counting carbs, wanted to use a particular food plan that touted no counting and no need to worry about numbers. She asked me what I thought of that and I informed her that for weight loss, this can work for some, but she has type 1 diabetes, and she will need to check her glucose and most likely count carbs, or at least make some adjustments in her boluses at each meal.

In this week's Homerun Slides, the action and safety of the type 2 medication, bromocriptine.

In part one of this interview on the use of amniotic membrane as a possible treatment for diabetic ulcers, Diabetes in Control publisher first talks with Dr. Don Fetterolf about the prevalence of diabetic foot ulcers, the impact of the condition and the groups who are affected.