March 21, 2017 : DCMS #337

DISASTERS AVERTED — Near Miss Case Studies

The Benefits of Motivational Interviewing

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW — Candid Video Interviews with Top Practitioners

Blandine Lacroix Part 5, The Role of the Medical Community

HOMERUN SLIDES — Great Clinical Presentation Highlights

Albuminuria Presentation Part 3

CLINICAL GEMS — The Best from Diabetes Texts

International Textbook of Diabetes Mellitus, 4th Ed., Excerpt #67: Regulation of Glucose Metabolism in Liver Part 3 of 11

MOST POPULAR ARTICLES OF THE MONTH

#1 Health Benefits from Intermittent Fasting
#2 The Future For Insulin Pump Companies: Who Will Survive?
#3 New ADA 2017 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes

There are a lot of great things we can do for our patients to make their lives healthier and more livable. The problem is they all take time to accomplish and our current healthcare system does not allow prescribers enough time to even try to help. That is why nurses, pharmacists and especially CDEs are so valuable for helping. Motivational interviewing is one way to accomplish this.

Dave Joffe

Editor-in-chief

Woman, 57 years of age, prediabetes, hyperlipidemia, class I obesity and history of gestational diabetes. I’ve been working with her for the past two years. The first year she was very motivated because of her new diagnosis of prediabetes and her weight being what it was. Her son was getting married and she wanted to lose weight for the wedding. We discussed a plan for her.

Blandine Lacroix talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed at the 2016 AACE Meeting. In part 5, the conclusion of this Exclusive Interview, Blandine Lacroix charges the medical community with understanding obesity and being of support to those with the disease.

In this week’s Homerun Slides, the results of the HOPE trial and the assessment of albuminuria to predict cardiovascular risk.

Regulation of glycogenolysis: Glycogen metabolism is regulated by reciprocal changes in the activities of glycogen synthase and glycogen phosphorylase. Net glucose production from glycogen occurs when phosphorylase activity is higher than synthase activity. Activation of glycogen phosphorylase is the culmination of a “glycogenolytic cascade” that is initiated by the binding of glucagon or beta-adrenergic agonists to their receptors in liver cells.

Fasting shown to reduce risk of diabetes, heart disease, cancer and other diseases.

As problems for Tandem continue, and with Johnson & Johnson abandoning the insulin pump market, it’s beginning to dawn on some people that we soon could live in a world with just two insulin pump companies – Medtronic and Insulet.

Psychological health, access to care, expanded and personalized treatment options and the tracking of hypoglycemia emphasized.