I am willing to guess that if Pharma did not produce tools for patients, we would all have a harder time delivering information. When I look back at some of the handouts from the ’90s, it is amazing how much better the current ones are. There is much more focus …
Read More »Monthly Archives: February 2017
Sometimes You’ve Got to Get in Their Face
Woman, 86 years of age, very active, history of type 2 diabetes, but does not check glucose or even admit she has diabetes. She has refused to take any medications at all for the last 20+ years I’ve known her. Had gastroenteritis for 3 days. Even when well, she does not drink anything but coffee, and sometimes sugar-sweetened beverages, but only a few ounces of that at a time.
Read More »Blandine Lacroix Part 2, Weight Loss Tools
In part 2 of this Exclusive Interview, Blandine Lacroix shares the tools that Novo Nordisk provides to help practitioners as well as patients with the disease of obesity, including websites that share the science of obesity and weight loss.
Read More »SGLT-2 Part 3
In this week's Homerun Slides, understanding the need for cultural competence and the strategies to overcome cultural barriers.
Read More »International Textbook of Diabetes Mellitus, 4th Ed., Excerpt #64: Mechanisms of Insulin Signal Transduction Part 8 of 8
Suppressor of cytokine signaling-3: Observations pertaining to suppressor of cytokine signaling-3 (SOCS-3) point to a new mechanism for insulin signal modulation. The SOCS family of proteins (CIS and SOCS 1 – 7) were originally described as a negative feedback loop for cytokine receptor signaling through Janus kinase (JaK).
Read More »Feb. 25, 2017
Most of you know that I love to cycle, and getting in as many miles as possible is always something I am looking for. Although I consider 60 miles to be a long ride, some of my riding buddies believe that is a drop in the bucket. On Friday morning, …
Read More »A1C versus OGTT
Diagnosis of prediabetes for prevention of diabetes and diabetes-related complications.
Read More »HbA1c Associated with Aortic Stiffness
Progression of arterial stiffness directly linked to diabetes.
Read More »Health Benefits from Intermittent Fasting
Fasting shown to reduce risk of diabetes, heart disease, cancer and other diseases.
Read More »Adherence to Yoga May Lower Blood Glucose In Type 2 Diabetes
Yoga proven to stimulate the organs to improve metabolic activities leading to efficient chemical transformations within a cell.
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