April 30, 2019 : DCMS #447

DISASTERS AVERTED — Near Miss Case Studies

Patient Query Helps to Catch Dosing Error

TOP STORIES — Diabetes News and Research

Glucose Test in Pregnancy Predicts Cardiovascular Risk With, Without Gestational Diabetes

Nuts, CVD and Diabetes: Updated

Instantaneous Outcomes of Simple Daily Walking on Arterial Stiffness for Type 2 Patients

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW — Candid Video Interviews with Top Practitioners

Lora Heisler on Treating Diabetes with Serotonin

MOST POPULAR ARTICLES OF THE MONTH

#1 Metformin Associated with Vitamin B Deficiency and Cognitive Impairment

#2 Metformin For People Who Do Not Have Diabetes?

#3 Low Carb Or Low Fat Diet To Lose Weight?

I had a friend of mine send me some guidelines on the use of low carb, high protein programs for diabetes management. One of the tenets of these guidelines was the value of replacing animal protein with vegetable proteins. 

Seems to make sense when you think about saturated fat, and caloric density, not to mention portion size. However, most of these claims were based on meta analyses of older studies.

This week we have the results of a study that looks at the consumption of nuts and the direct effect on diabetes and cardiovascular health.

Dave Joffe

Editor-in-chief

I was working as a diabetes nurse in a hospital when a patient I was seeing asked me to find out why she experienced two recent hypoglycemic episodes. She came into the hospital…on a mixed insulin (75/25 ) 25 units before breakfast and 15 units before dinner. On reviewing her chart, I saw where the doctor had changed her insulin to Novolog before each meal, dose based on her blood sugars, and Lantus 30 units at bedtime.

Increased cardiovascular risk found in women with glucose concentrations at the upper end of the normal range during pregnancy.

To date, there is limited evidence concerning the potential health benefits of eating nuts for persons with T2D.

Could the most inexpensive treatment for arterial stiffness be a healthy walk?

In this Exclusive Interview, Lora K. Heisler talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the ADA 2018 convention in Orlando about harnessing serotonin in the treatment of obesity and type 2 diabetes.