This past week, my wife forwarded me an email for a weight loss product that had taken the internet by storm and was so good that all the Shark Tank investors had gone in on the deal for a product by two sisters that guaranteed rapid weight loss. All you …

Man, 55 years of age, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, was referred to see us. The patient reports coming to us because he does not think he is getting the right treatment. Reports having been put on insulin upon diagnosis 4 years ago--at which time he had lost 50 pounds, was very hungry, thirsty, and had urinary frequency. When visiting, he did not have his labs from diagnosis but did have labs from 3 months ago at which time A1C was 7, and C-Peptide was 2.2. He said his past endocrinologist changed him to oral meds after his glucose had come down to an average of 140.

W. Timothy Garvey, MD is the Butterworth Professor of Medicine in the Department of Nutrition Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He obtained his MD degree from St. Louis University, completed residency training in Internal Medicine at Barnes Hospital, Washington University, and was a clinical fellow in Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.

In this week's Homerun Slides, a look at various principles of disease management.

Beta-Cell function: Although the plasma insulin response to the development of insulin resistance typically is increased during the natural history of T2DM , this does not mean that the beta cell is functioning normally. To the contrary, studies have demonstrated that the onset of beta-cell failure occurs much earlier and is more severe than previously appreciated.

In this Exclusive Interview, Dr. Timothy Garvey talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the AACE 2018 convention in Boston, MA about the variety of available medications to help with weight loss and which — if any — might be the best to recommend.

To see this interview in full, click here. Freed: This is Steve Freed and we’re here at the 2018 AACE meeting. We have a special guest with us who we have talked to before, Dr. Timothy Garvey, and he is very interesting. I’ve got 22 paragraphs about your background but …

Dr. W. Timothy Garvey talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the AACE 2018 convention in Boston, MA. Dr. Garvey answers the question of which weight loss medication is needed to make a person smaller.

In part 2 of this Exclusive Interview, Dr. W. Timothy Garvey talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the AACE 2018 convention in Boston, MA about the changes in medications to treat obesity as well as the treatment methods.

In part 3 of this Exclusive Interview, Dr. W. Timothy Garvey talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the AACE 2018 convention in Boston, MA about the importance of good nutrition and physical activity, and which may be the more effective action.