When prescribed lifestyle changes and or medication(s), patients who have diabetes, obesity, hypertension, or any chronic condition that is easy to monitor, even from home, may agree to these changes at first. They can almost immediately get improvements in their numbers. It can be encouraging. For some, seeing those numbers change for the better encourages them to keep on keeping on. However, others may think they are healed and stop treatment. Their numbers may go back to the same or even "worse" than before the treatment.

Diabetes in Control speaks with top endocrinologists and other medical professionals to bring you the latest in diabetes news and research. This week, we have another exclusive interview from the AACE 2018  in Boston, MA. Dr. Jeffrey Mechanick, MD, FACE, FACR, FACN, ECNU is Professor of Medicine and Medical Director …

In this week's Homerun Slides, asking the question of how to translate knowledge and implications of pathophysiology, progression, and diabetes complications to the prevention, early diagnosis and optimal treatment of diabetes and its complications.

Normal glucose homeostasis: Any discussion of the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) must start with a review of mechanisms involved in the maintenance of normal glucose homeostasis in the basal o postabsorptive state (10–12-h overnight fast) and following ingestion of a typical mixed meal. In the postabsorptive state the great majority of total body glucose disposal takes place in insulin independent tissues.

In this exclusive interview transcript, Dr. Jeffrey Mechanick discusses transcultural endocrinology and the different ways diabetes care can be fashioned based on different cultures and ethnicities.

In this Exclusive Interview, Dr. Jeffrey Mechanick talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the AACE 2018 convention in Boston, MA about transcultural endocrinology and gives a summary of recent activities for a program focused on diabetes care across America.

In part 1 of this Exclusive Interview, Dr. Jeffrey Mechanick talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the AACE 2018 convention in Boston, MA about the concept of trans-cultural endocrinology and why it is essential to understand how differences in culture can impact diabetes care.

In part 2 of this Exclusive Interview, Dr. Jeffrey Mechanick talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the AACE 2018 convention in Boston, MA about trans-cultural endocrinology in America and how doctors can take patient culture into account when planning individualized care.

In part 3 of this Exclusive Interview, Dr. Jeffrey Mechanick talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the AACE 2018 convention in Boston, MA about gaps in current knowledge of how medications impact different ethnic populations, and how AACE is working to educate providers on these gaps.

In part 4 of this Exclusive Interview, Dr. Jeffrey Mechanick talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the AACE 2018 convention in Boston, MA about trans-cultural drivers in type 2 diabetes, such as different eating patterns in different cultures.