October 12, 2015 : DCMS #262

DISASTERS AVERTED — Near Miss Case Studies

Teach Back: A Valuable Tool in Curbing Hospital Re-admittance

HOMERUN SLIDES — Great Clinical Presentation Highlights

The Present and Future of Insulin Therapy Part 11

CLINICAL GEMS — The Best from Diabetes Texts

Practical Diabetes Care, 3rd Ed., Excerpt #34: Lipids Part 4 of 6

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW — Candid Video Interviews with Top Practitioners

Dr. Paresh Dandona, Part 1: GLP-1 Receptor Agonists as Adjunctive Treatment in Type 1 Diabetes

TOP SHARED ARTICLES OF THE MONTH

#1 First Type 1 Patient in Trial No Longer Requires Insulin Therapy
#2 The Effects of Extra Virgin Olive Oil on Post-Prandial Glucose
#3 Bacterial Link Between Heart Disease and Gum Disease Clarified

Editor’s Note

We all have heard about the value of the  Mediterranean Diet for our CV patients. In addition clinicians often advise patients to use this food plan to reduce LDL, weight and glucose levels.

What is it about these food choices that cause improvements in CV outcomes? This week our clinical text from David Levy, MD, FRCP,  looks at why 2×3 does not equal 6.

Our disaster avoided looks at how poor insulin use trainings can lead to repeated DKA and our home run slides look at the ORIGIN Trial and insulin effects on human islet function.

My fellow editor, Joy Pape, sat down with Dr. Paresh Dandong at the ADA Scientific session in Boston to talk about the use of GLP-1 analogs in type one patients.

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Your partner in diabetes care,
Dave Joffe
Editor-in-chief

Twice I have had patients re-admit to inpatient care after repetition of DKA within 48 hours of last admission. Clearly, the patients were not receiving insulin.

In this week’s Homerun Slides, lessons from the ORIGIN Trial and insulin effects on human islet function.

Always considered the mainstay of dyslipidemia management, significant reductions in LDL levels are difficult to achieve with diet except with long-term adherence to a regimen that most Western people would consider punitive.

Dr. Paresh Dandona, Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at the University of Buffalo, The State University of New York, joins Associate Medical Editor Joy Pape in a discussion at the 2015 ADA Sessions in Boston regarding highlights of his presentation, “GLP-1 Receptor Agonists as Adjunctive Treatment in Type 1 Diabetes.”

The Diabetes Research Institute (DRI), a Center of Excellence at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, announced today that the first patient in its clinical trial has been free from insulin injections in record time following the implantation of islet cells within a biological scaffold. The patient, Wendy Peacock, 43, from San Antonio, …

A Mediterranean diet is considered to be ideal for healthy nutrition. It is typically composed of fruits, vegetables, cereals, fish, moderate wine consumption, and limited intake of dairy products and red meat. Furthermore, there are several studies showing that this type of diet is connected with reduced risk of cardiovascular events. Therefore, a Mediterranean-style diet …

A bacterial species common to both diseases increases arterial inflammation by altering gene expression.