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Aug. 1, 2017

This week we have part 3 of our Exclusive Interview from the AACE meeting in Austin. Dr. Karl Nadolsky talks about the value of managing exercise and diet for diabetes care. There is a direct correlation between control and athletic success in patients with diabetes. So this week in Disasters …

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International Textbook of Diabetes Mellitus, 4th Ed., Excerpt #84: Measuring Insulin Action In Vivo

The glucose clamp: Rather than using exogenous agents that suppress beta-cell insulin secretion, the glucose clamp uses external feedback control to “open the loop” between insulin secretion and sensitivity. The glucose clamp is a powerful and widely used method to attain a quantitative measure of insulin sensitivity, and has been applied in many hundreds of experimental studies.

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July 29, 2017

Over the years, there has been a lot of publicity and press on the benefits of chromium. It has been touted for weight loss, curing diabetes, lowering cholesterol, and improving testosterone levels. It seems that every few years a new “formula” appears that guarantees results, and many patients have had …

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