Male, 66 years of age, type 2 diabetes, class III obesity, peripheral neuropathy, multiple toe amputations, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and, most importantly, a 2-year-old granddaughter. Patient taking 100 units long-acting insulin, sulfonylurea, metformin, beta blocker, and statin. Checks glucose once in a while; in the 200 to 270 range when checks. A1C 9.3%.

This week I was involved in a new sales representative training. There was a segment on how to challenge a prescriber when they don’t seem to really be expressing their true feelings about the use of a certain drug. It wasn’t the kind of challenge we think of where the …

In part 2 of this Exclusive Interview, Steve Freed, DIC publisher, learns about the results of a d-Nav demonstration in the UK where they saw a 2-point drop in A1C.

In this week's Homerun Slides, explaining the beta-centric classification of diabetes mellitus.

Islet vasculature: The islet is richly vascularized; while islets comprise only ∼2% of pancreas volume, they receive approximately 15% of the blood flow. Arterioles enter the islet and branch into tortuous capillaries, which have been suggested to contact almost every endocrine cell in the islet. These then converge on collecting venules outside the islet.