According to a new study, one more disease is associated with diabetes: twin study suggests genetic link between obesity, psoriasis and diabetes.
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A1C Recommendation
How often do you recommend an A1c test for your type 1 patients? 1) Every month 2) Every 3 months 3) Every 6 months 4) Yearly Follow the link to see how your answer compares!
Read More »Using Testosterone as Diabetes Treatment?
Study shows effect low levels of the hormone have on blood glucose.
Read More »Stenting Risks For Insulin-Treated Diabetes Patients
Insulin may not be the culprit in poorer outcomes, according to TUXEDO sub-study.
Read More »Vigilant: A New App
Vigilant is a companion to diabetes monitoring that uses advanced pattern recognition technology to notify you of upcoming periods of risk. Seeing patient patterns and risk of diabetes complications in just a few seconds, this software can alert you to risk of severe lows in the next 24 hours.
Read More »Not All Neuropathies in Diabetes are Caused by Diabetes
Female, 57 years of age, type 2 diabetes, metformin 1,000mg twice daily for 12 years, came in with weakness, anemia, tingling of fingers and toes. Her A1C had always been below 7%. Some in my office thought she had developed diabetic peripheral neuropathy. I could not disagree, but I also knew metformin can cause vitamin B12 deficiency.
Read More »Patients have long told us that their grandmother lived to 100 and had diabetes for 40 years with no problems, or that no one in their family has had it before so how could they have gotten it? These patients usually become our worst nightmares because they don’t take their …
Read More »Eran Bashan Part 3, About Patients on Basal Bolus Therapy
In part 3 of this Exclusive Interview, Eran Bashan, CEO of Hygieia, explains about managing patients on basal bolus therapy.
Read More »Diagnosing Diabetes Mellitus in Adults Part 3
In this week's Homerun Slides, the use of genotyping in understanding the mechanisms of diabetes.
Read More »International Textbook of Diabetes Mellitus, 4th Ed., Excerpt #23: Pancreatic Morphology in Normal and Diabetic States Part 3 of 4
Disturbances in pancreas/islet morphology in diabetes: Type 1 diabetes (T1DM) is classically associated with autoimmune destruction of beta cells. However, the pancreas is more broadly affected, with overall pancreas size being decreased in individuals with this form of diabetes, and loss of exocrine tissue occurring close to areas of immune infiltration.
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