Featuring exclusive comments from Dr. George Bakris
Studies are rarely stopped early; when it happens, we should take notice of the results.

Increased heart rate changes are one initial sign for hypoglycemia episode.

How important is support for patients who self-manage their diabetes?

Increased risk seen among men using dutasteride, finasteride for benign prostatic hyperplasia

Reduced risk seen for primary composite renal end point event; more frequent fluid retention, anemia reported

Most apps do not trigger alert escalation with consecutive low or high blood glucose values

When I would see male diabetes patients in the endocrinologist’s office, we would always order a testosterone level as part of the labs. It seemed that regardless of the severity of their diabetes or their age, the majority of these men had low levels. The association between low testosterone and …

Recently a pump user reported a sudden increase in her glucose levels lasting a couple of days. Her blood sugars were elevated to 275-320mg/dL, with no ketones present.  Changing her infusion sets did not help. Nor did rotating to a new injection site or even using a fresh vial of insulin. After reviewing her insulin pump we noticed a symbol on her “home screen” saying that a special feature was running.

50-80% basal rate reduction lowers the risk of exercise-induced hypoglycemia.

Intensive insulin-adherence interventions that target type 2 diabetes patients with high risk of noncompliance can be beneficial.