New SGLT1/SGLT2 inhibitor lowers HbA1c and has less hypoglycemia episodes among people who have type 1 diabetes.

Two long-acting insulin analogs are compared for efficacy and side effects.

Current therapy recommendations may need adjustment.

Researchers develop way to measure abundance of 12 different complement proteins in the urine.

Which of the following is true regarding the epidemiology of hypertriglyceridemia?

A. Triglyceride levels increase gradually in women until about age 50 years and then decline slightly.
B. Triglyceride levels in men continue to increase with age.
C. Mild hypertriglyceridemia (triglyceride level greater than 150 mg/dL) is slightly more prevalent in women beginning at age 30 years and in men at the age of 60 years.
D. Non-Hispanic black persons often have lower triglyceride levels than white persons.

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From your experience, which is the best way to educate your patients who have type 2 diabetes and do not take insulin?

- Individual personal classes
- Group classes
- Online classes
- Recommend a book
- Brochures and pamphlets

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Early natural menopause also associated with fewer years spent living without type 2 diabetes

More and more clinicians are recommending low carb food programs for both the prevention and treatment of diabetes. This swing has led toward the consumption of more red meat and processed meats, which may actually have the opposite effect for our patients. This may happen because processed meats such as …

I received a call and glucose numbers from patient who has type 2 diabetes, usually with hyperglycemia, never hypoglycemia. I noticed there was at least a 12-hour span since the last glucose reading. His glucose levels after the over-12-hour lag showed hypoglycemia during the  night when the numbers start showing. His glucose averaged 53 during that time, but it has been running 150 and over, and we have been slowly increasing his insulin.

Sylvia H Ley, PhD, RD is a Research Scientist at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Associate Epidemiologist and Instructor at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Her overall research objectives are to develop the dietary strategies to prevent and manage diabetes and to investigate earlier life reproductive risk factors for diabetes and cardiovascular disease over the lifecourse.