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.

This week I decided to drive from Atlanta to Lexington, Ky to visit my dad and my sister. As I got into the hills of Northern Tennessee, it was time for lunch, so I got off I-75 at the Rocky Top (yep, the one from the song) and looked for …

While the risk remains low overall, a new large study showed a greater risk for pioglitazone than other diabetes drugs.

Why smokers have an increased risk of type 2.

Study finds hypothyroidism tied to type 2 diabetes.

Fingerprint analysis may offer the possibility to assess diabetes risk through a non-invasive, inexpensive and simple test.

Adiponectin level is a powerful risk marker of incident prediabetes in healthy white and black adults with a parental history of type 2 diabetes, study findings showed.