I recently had a conversation with one of my riding buddies about his A1c. His doctor had recommended he go on metformin because his A1c was 5.9. This guy sometimes rides 700 miles in a week and is thin as a rail. Our conversation got a response from three other …

Woman, 62 years of age, musician, travels often, type 2 diabetes, obesity, hyperlipidemia, fatty liver. Was traveling for two months straight on the road. Late nights/parties and a lot of drinking. Admitted not having taken her GLP-1 or really following any meal or healthy life plan/schedule she was following before leaving. Since last office visit 3 months ago, weight up 10 pounds, fasting glucose 170 in office.

Blandine Lacroix talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed at the 2016 AACE Meeting. In part 4 of this Exclusive Interview, Blandine Lacroix explains the motivational interview process.

In this week's Homerun Slides, the mechanism of Glycocalyx degradation and defining albuminuria.

Hepatic glucose production: Typical lean humans spend more than half of their lives in the post-absorptive state, with less than 5 g of glucose circulating in their blood to support life. Many tissues rely on glucose as their primary fuel source. Notable examples are brain, which has limited access to fatty acids, and erythrocytes which do not possess mitochondria and, therefore, rely on glycolysis to meet energy requirements. Even during rest the body uses roughly 8 g of glucose per hour, and during exercise this rate can increase more than twofold. The body would deplete circulating glucose in less than 30 min, resulting in severe hypoglycemia, loss of neurologic function and death, if not for a constant endogenous supply of glucose.

For the first time in many years, the ADA has updated their guidelines on retinopathy. These new guidelines take into account the improvements that have been made in diagnosis and both medical and physical treatments. Most of our colleagues at other medical news outlets either paraphrased the guidelines or printed …

Improvements in assessment and treatment of diabetic retinopathy position statement

This represents the first such update by the American Diabetes Association since 2002, and is notable for inclusion of the latest evidence and recommendations with respect to appropriate eye examination intervals, referral criteria, prevention of incidence and progression of diabetic retinopathy (DR), and treatment strategies.

Should metformin or glyburide, or a combination of both drugs, be the first-line treatment for gestational diabetes?

Is innovative telemedicine the answer to preventing and treating diabetes?