A prospective study finds an increased risk in time to first severe hypoglycemic event and subsequent hypoglycemic events in diabetic patients with depression….
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New Basal Insulin Uses Less Volume to Improve Glycemic Control
Insulin degludec is a novel formulation with 200units/ml that has shown non-inferiority to Lantus in terms of efficacy and safety but requires less volume when dosing….
Read More »Tooth Loss Greater in People with Diabetes
Brushing and flossing should be part of everyone’s daily habits but especially for those with diabetes….
Read More »Candesartan and Pioglitazone Demonstrate Anti-inflammatory Properties
The use of the ARB, candesartan, and the oral anti-diabetic drug, pioglitazone, not only improved blood pressure and HbA1c levels, but serum levels of inflammatory proteins were reduced in type 2 diabetes patients….
Read More »Nurses Lead the Way to Improved Diabetes Control
A program led by certified diabetes nurse educators helped patients titrate insulin and improve key diabetes parameters….
Read More »Editor’s Note, DCMS #139
Jeremy Hodson Pettus, MD, and Steven Edelman, MD are back this week to help you understand adjunctive therapies that you can use with insulin patients to improve control of A1c’s, while improving weight loss success. Please check out part 2 of their discussion here. Insulin errors top the list when …
Read More »Clinical Use of 1,5-Anhydroglucitol for Identifying PPH, Part 3 of 4
With this week’s Homerun Slides, we have the third slideset of a four part series which we are bringing you over the course of four months. With this week’s set, we delve a little deeper into how the 1,5-Anhydroglucitol Test works, how it compares and works with other blood …
Read More »Pulse Boot: The Diabetic Boot Company
Pulse Boot: The Diabetic Boot Company The Pulse Boot is not yet available but a prototype has been developed and has been tested at Royal Free Hospital London. The Pulse Boot vision is to create the most effective therapy boot for treating diabetic foot ulcers and reduce the number of foot amputations. …
Read More »Letter from the Editor #679: Sheri Colberg’s New Book
Sheri R. Colberg, PhD, FACSM has been writing for us for the past seven years and she is our go-to guru when it comes to anything that has to do with diabetes and physical activity. We are proud to announce that her new book, Exercise and Diabetes: A Clinician’s Guide …
Read More »Complications Combat – An Educational Game
Complications Combat – An Educational Game Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly & Company have launched an educational digital game for type 2 diabetes called Complications Combat. The game, available for desktop and iPad users, is designed to raise awareness of the many complications associated with type 2 diabetes and the …
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