It appears that we are now looking more and more at diabetes as a cardiovascular risk factor, and our therapies and goals for diabetes care need to be targeted in that direction. In order to help make this message as clear as possible, we have focused our homerun slides and …

A 15-year-old type 1 diabetic is seen who frequently forgets to take her insulin because of time issues. At the time of her initial appointment, her A1C was 10.4. After discussing issues preventing her from taking her insulin, I suggested that she take her insulin through her clothes.

In part 1 of this exclusive interview, DIC publisher Steve Freed talks with Dr. Aaron Vinik about the shift away from rigorous glycemic control in favor of greater focus on the impact of diabetes treatment on the heart.

In part 2 of this exclusive interview, Dr. Aaron Vinik shares an update on INGAP research.

In this week's Homerun Slides, the cardiovascular risk of using sulfonylureas.

The first large-scale studies of the prediction of T1DM relied upon the detection of cytoplasmic islet cell autoantibodies (ICA) assays based on indirect immunofluorescence. High titer cytoplasmic ICA is most often associated with the presence of multiple islet autoantibodies and therefore a high risk of progression to diabetes.