Today, my patient, a woman, 42 years of age, brought her daughter who is 18 years of age with her for her visit. Mother has PCOS, class III obesity and type 2 diabetes. She told me she brought her because of the strong family history of diabetes on both sides of his family. She wanted her to understand what someone who has diabetes goes through.

In part 2 of this Exclusive Interview, Dr. Aaron Vinik talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the AACE 2017 convention in Austin, Texas about the work and results of the EMPA-REG and LIRA studies, among others, and the medication that truly is the game changer in the world of diabetes treatment.

In this week's Homerun Slides, we start taking a look at the latest technology and medications to impact diabetes management.

NAFLD is defined as steatosis (greater than 5–10% of hepatocytes are fatty), which is not due to excess use of alcohol (defined in European and American guidelines as greater than 20 g of alcohol daily for women and greater than 30 g for men), or other conditions as determined by careful family and medical history, and laboratory tests to exclude at least steatosis due to viral and autoimmune causes and iron overload.

Have you ever told your child to do something right one time, and then they did it correctly forever? If you are like most of us, that never happens. Yet this week CMS announced that they were applying this concept to diabetes education for Medicare age patients with an A1c of …

Vitamin D supplementation could possibly reduce the risk of type 1 diabetes in susceptible children.

New study suggests packaged food claims like “reduced in sugar” or “no added sugar” still have sugar levels too high by World Health Organization standards.

New insulin formulation emerges as safe alternative to long-acting insulins and inconsistent glycemic levels, but could have higher risk of cardiovascular events.

Patients who discontinue their daily aspirin for heart disease prevention may be at risk of further complications.

Screen-based media in a child's room found to have an independent risk factor for overweight and increased body fatness.