We often hear about the idea of a medical care plan. My interns come to me all full of vim and vigor, and ready to do a plan on any person who presents with diabetes. However, this is hard when you have to take into account insurance plans, patient ability …

Richard S. Beaser, MD This week’s excerpt addresses the following topics: How to develop a medical care plan How to develop the initial assessment What the medical history should detail What the physical exam should include   

As we move into the ninth year that GLP-1 analogs have been available many of you have taken advantage of this class of medications for your patients. Every day more prescriptions are being filled and patients are learning the value of non-insulin injections for their diabetes. We have seen the …

WellDoc, Inc. Free iOS/Android The BlueStar Diabetes App will be available to patients later this year but only in conjunction with a prescription from a healthcare provider. The app is designed to support patients who are struggling to manage their diabetes, providing not only exercise, diet, and medications tips, but …

Now that we have a second SGLT-2 inhibitor on the market we are seeing other companies trying to be the newest "me too’s" on the block. Prescriber acceptance of this class is growing and so it only makes sense that more companies will try to cash in. The newest candidate …

Great Low Carb Bread – Just 1 Net Carbohydrate Per Slice  Now your patients can enjoy their bread and not feel guilty. A normal piece of bread has about 17gms of carbs, so a sandwich has about 34 grams of carbs. With bread from the Great Low Carb Bread Company, …

Understanding the Affordable Care Act: 10 Most-Asked Questions  For your patients who want more information, refer them to this helpful Kaiser Permanente website page. It answers the ten most common questions including, "Who has to buy health insurance?", "What if I don’t buy coverage in 2014?" and "Can anyone get …

For the first time in an annual report on tobacco by the U.S. Surgeon General’s office, smoking was linked to diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, macular degeneration, ectopic pregnancies and impaired immune function. And in addition to lung cancer, 13 other cancers have now been linked to the habit and secondhand smoke …

European regulators have approved Xigduo for type 2 diabetes in the first green light for a fixed dose combination of an SGLT2 inhibitor and metformin. The drug combines in a twice daily tablet dapagliflozin an SGLT2 inhibitor that reduces the reabsorption of excess glucose, and metformin. FDA News Release 

Today only 1.6 million of people with diabetes who own a smartphone use a mobile application to manage their diabetes. However, the Research Guidance firm predicts that by 2018 that number will rise to 24 million users, or 7.8% of smartphone owners with diabetes. Changes in the conception of mobile apps, from …