March 31, 2020 : DCMS 495

DISASTERS AVERTED — Near Miss Case Studies

How Can A Patient Have Constant Low Blood Sugars and Have an Elevated A1c?

TOP STORIES — Diabetes News and Research

Type 1 Diabetes is 2 Distinct Conditions Defined by Age at Diagnosis 

Dietary Comparison Effects of Intrahepatic Fat and Postprandial Glycemia 

Psychiatric Disorders In Children Could Be The Result of Maternal Diabetes And BMI

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Last week I was working with the interns and going over a PowerPoint on managing insulin dosing. I have always thought that pharmacists should be the managers for insulin dosing, and so they get a full course on basal bolus, mixed insulins, calculating carb ratios and the like.

We were discussing the use of CGM and insulin pumps and I was sharing the success my wife was having with the new Tandem Control-IQ software. I had just shared that in the last 7 days she was in target range 99% of the time. One of my interns, Mit Suthar, PharmD. Candidate, LECOM School of Pharmacy, asked me how long she had been diagnosed and if that made a difference. I explained how she was diagnosed and asked him to see what he could find out, and he came back to me with this week’s special feature, Type 1 Diabetes is 2 Distinct Conditions Defined by Age at Diagnosis.

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Dave Joffe

Editor-in-chief

A patient who had had diabetes for over a year visited the office complaining that her A1c was high. Still, when she checks her blood sugars, they are low almost every day; she’s had many hypoglycemic reactions and doesn’t understand how that could happen…. 

New findings could spur further research into whether dormant insulin-producing cells can be reactivated. 

Dietary habits play an essential part in our overall health, and can negatively affect metabolic health. 

Mothers with severe obesity, pregestational or gestational diabetes are linked to an increased risk of several mental disorders in their offspring.