December 14, 2015 : DCMS #271

DISASTERS AVERTED — Near Miss Case Studies

 Lowering Carbs Can Be Helpful Tool in Weight Loss for People with Insulin-Requiring Diabetes

HOMERUN SLIDES — Great Clinical Presentation Highlights

 Diabetes for Cardiologists Part 1

CLINICAL GEMS — The Best from Diabetes Texts

International Textbook of Diabetes Mellitus, 4th Ed., Excerpt #1: Classification of Diabetes Mellitus and Other Categories of Glucose Intolerance Part 2 of 6

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW — Candid Video Interviews with Top Practitioners

 Dr. Richard Bergman, Part 3 – Predicting Type 2 Diabetes

MOST POPULAR ARTICLES OF THE MONTH

#1 SGLT-2 Inhibitor Reduces Risk of Cardiovascular Death: Should Current Guidelines be Impacted?
#2 Breastfeeding after Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
#3 Nordic Food Associated with Lowering Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

56% of all diabetes patients also take medications for cholesterol and hypertension. That is an indication of why diabetes has so many complications; many are related to cardiovascular disease and many of those patients end up seeing a cardiologist. This is why we are pleased to introduce to you our new homerun slide series. “Diabetes for Cardiologists” shares information on how to maximize diabetes drugs to improve cardiovascular outcomes and decrease heart attacks. You will be surprised by some of the information.

It appears that there is a new battle flaring up in the diabetes world. For years we have been touting the value of the Mediterranean Diet, but now our friends from the cold reaches of Europe make a case for the Nordic Diet. Click here to read the article.

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

Female, 28 years of age, diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 25. She was taught to manage her diabetes with a basal/bolus insulin regimen and meal plan prescribed by health care team. She was taught she could eat anything she wanted as long as she covered her carbs with rapid-acting insulin. Her glucose was in control, but she gained 50 pounds over the first year. She then attributed her weight gain to taking insulin, so she would not take enough insulin to cover her glucose levels.

In this week’s Homerun Slides, we begin a new series on the role of anti-diabetes medications in reducing cardiovascular risk and outcomes in diabetes patients.

Type 1 indicates the processes of β-cell destruction that may ultimately lead to diabetes in which insulin is required for survival in order to prevent the development of ketoacidosis, coma, and death.

Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed and Dr. Richard Bergman, founder and director of Diabetes and Obesity Research Institute, Biomedical Sciences at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, discuss the ability to predict the development of type 2 diabetes and the role A1c might play in this prediction.

New study generates lively discussion among experts at EASD on how to consider the results in prescribing, exploration of possible mechanism and potential class effect.

Longer duration of breastfeeding showed correlation with reduction of type 2 risk.

Diet containing foods high in antioxidants found to reduce risk of stroke.