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Aug. 6, 2019

If you have ever attended a seminar, CE program or an advanced diabetes training you have to be familiar with one of the most famous diabetes slides. This slide by Drs. Kendall and Bergenstal from the International Diabetes Center is the quintessential slide on the history and development of type …

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Beware of Sound- and Look-Alike Names

During a recent phone follow-up call to one of my patients a co-worker and I avoided a “Diabetes Disaster.” My patient told me that she had received her mail order refill for “ASPART” but the bottle didn’t look the same and she didn’t understand how to “dilute” it. I asked her to read the label to me. She had to spell it out.

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Aug. 3, 2019

A couple of weeks ago I shared some information on common sense eating for diabetes and glucose control with our current interns. When they were finished reviewing the paper, all of them expressed disbelief that there was no mention of portion control or calorie restriction, and that carbohydrates was all …

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