Last week I was teaching a patient how to self inject an injectable medication. As I was going through the steps, I told her twice of the importance of removing not only the outer cover of the needle, but also the needle shield. She gave me one of those looks like, "Why did you tell me this twice?" Then she said, "I know!"

In part 2 of this Exclusive Interview, Dr. Swapnil N. Rajpathak talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the ADA 2017 Scientific Sessions in San Diego, CA about the ultimate savings in the use of DPP4s — reduced risk of hypoglycemia.

In this week's Homerun Slides, a closer look at the causes of hypertension with a special focus on Grave's Disease.

Other OSA comorbidities: Road traffic accidents -- Several cross-sectional studies using driving simulators showed worse driving performance and increased risk of road traffic accidents in patients with OSA. In a sample of 913 employed adults whose motor vehicle accident history was obtained from a statewide database covering the period 1988–1993, men with OSA were more likely to have at least one accident in 5 years compared to those without OSA.

I saw a news blurb on NBC last night talking about the need for physical exercise and how an hour a day would be great. The interviewee was saying if you broke the hour up into 4 or 5 segments the results would be just as robust as taking an …

Both patients with diabetes and health care professionals expect wider adoption of continuous glucose management systems in the future for patients with type 2 as well as type 1, and agree that cost is a key factor in patient choices

Risk of diabetes diagnosis higher in those who lost weight after age 25, but study finds result statistically insignificant.

Men and women with type 2 have different risk for obesity-related cancer when compared with general population.

Protecting the heart and helping to reduce mortality, study takes closer look at beta-adrenoceptor inhibition in diabetes.

Only 3.1% Americans engage in activities to prevent a diabetes diagnosis.