The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended that SGLT-2 inhibitors on the UK market can be used earlier in patients with diabetes
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Put the Needle in the Pill Box
Male, 32 years of age. Works erratic hours. Recently came up with a plan of how to remember to take his meds. He started setting up and taking his pill box with him. He has succeeded at taking his medications and taking them on time…all except his injectable medications.
Read More »June 14, 2016
We are at the ADA in New Orleans and as I was looking over the posters, there was a whole section focused on Gene Expression and Biosynthesis. There were multiple small population projects on what might cause the mutations and proposed mechanisms to fix or prevent the problems that these …
Read More »Dr. A. Paul Chous Part 1, The Significance of Anti-VEGF Agents
In part 1 of this Exclusive Interview, Dr. Paul Chous discusses the significance of studies around the three anti-VEGF injections that seek to determine which is the best.
Read More »Pharmacologic Management of Type 2 Diabetes Part 1
In this week's Homerun Slides, the Canadian Diabetes Association's guidelines for the pharmacologic treatment of type 2 diabetes, which dictate that the choice of therapy depends on glycemia.
Read More »International Textbook of Diabetes Mellitus, 4th Ed., Excerpt #28: Insulin Gene Expression and Biosynthesis Part 4 of 6
Insulin biosynthesis: the previous section outlines that insulin gene transcription is a highly controlled process. The product of this process, pre-proinsulin mRNA, is unusually stable in pancreatic beta cells and it is further stabilized as glucose concentrations increase. As such, there is normally an abundant source of preproinsulin mRNA in the beta-cell cytosol available for translation.
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Do you prefer to watch our video interviews with recognized diabetes doctors and experts, or read transcriptions of the interviews? 1) Videos 2) Transcripts 3) Both Please let us know -- follow the link to respond!
Read More »Numbers Matter: 1-Hour Post Prandial Glucose Possible Predictor of Prediabetes Risk
Elevated 1-hour level proves significant despite 2-hour level within normal glucose tolerance range.
Read More »June 11, 2016
Steve and I just got to New Orleans in time for the opening of the ADA Scientific Sessions, and already it looks like we are going to garner a lot of diabetes information in a short amount of time. As I was working on ideas for reporting, I noticed that there …
Read More »JUST 30 MINUTES : Dramatic Decrease in AF With Cardio Fitness
Exercise shown to have some AFib-specific benefits.
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