Our pharmacy was recently included in a large training program from Novo to educate pharmacists on how to use the new FlexTouch pen. This new pen eliminates the thumb throw that makes it hard for many patients to delver larger doses of insulin. One of my colleagues called and asked …

In this week’s Homerun Slides, we continue with our review of diabetes therapy from a cardiovascular perspective. We finish up our discussion of how to treat inflammation issues and move on to treating the whole biome including a look at probiotic, prebiotic, and antibiotic treatment of the abnormal gut biome…. To download …

Rudy Bilous, MD, FRCP Richard Donnelly, MD, PHD, FRCP, FRACP Disordered gastrointestinal motor function occurs in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes and can result in symptoms of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or constipation, malnutrition, poor glycemic control and delayed absorption of orally administered drugs (Figure 23.1). Gustatory sweating, typically affecting the …

Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, and Happy New Year! I was cleaning out some old diabetes slide presentations from 2007-2010 from my computer and I happened to open a few of them to make sure I wasn’t missing any good slides before I deleted them. There were two that were patient-focused …

  Too much circulating sugar and fat can cause the endothelial lining to become inflamed…. Dr. Eric Belin de Chantemele, physiologist at the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University, stated that, “When the endothelial lining of our blood vessels becomes inflamed and unable to dilate properly, it drives …

Two configurations of an artificial pancreas were recently compared to conventional diabetes treatments in a world-first clinical trial…

A new set of "guiding principles" for the care of people with diabetes and those who are at risk for it has been issued from the NDEP with the endorsement from several medical societies… 

Better "bridge" care for patients transitioning from pediatric to adult health care is needed, say researchers, as the findings show a higher mortality rate especially among young women….  

30 to 40 minutes of daily activity shown to improve patients’ quality of life….

More studies needed to determine effect on adverse clinical outcomes…. Kitty Kit Ting Cheung and colleagues from the Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong examined the implications of testosterone levels on cardiovascular CV risk factors, metabolic syndrome, and adverse clinical outcomes. The researchers …