Happy Holidays from all of us here at Diabetes In Control. Dr. Jeffrey Mechanick, from the  Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY, was chosen president of the American College of Endocrinology this past year and played a big role in new Joint A1c recommendations. He has been chatting …

Female, 20 years of age, type 2 diabetes, is obese with anxiety disorder, untoward response to several classes of agents. Reports eating lower carbs since last seen. During the warm weather, random glucose levels and A1C were near normal. Today is a cold winter day. Random glucose 188mg/dl.

Dr. Jeffrey Mechanick talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed at the 2016 AACE Meeting. In part 8 of this Exclusive Interview, Dr. Mechanick explains the comprehensive focus of the AACE A1C guidelines.

In this week's Homerun Slides, EMPA-REG Outcome, examining the long-term effects of empagliflozin versus using a placebo on the heart and mortality risk in patients with type 2.

Similar to GLP-1, GIP acts through specific receptors belonging to the seven transmembrane-domain family of receptors. These receptors are expressed in the endocrine pancreas, on adipocytes, and in the brain