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Slightly more than a year of treatment with an investigational obesity drug that the FDA rejected for approval last year reversed type 2 diabetes in 15% of subjects.…
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Read More »Letter from the Editor – The Best of 2011
It’s that time of year when we look back and see what we have accomplished. We feel very fortunate that we have been able to provide you with the best information to help you help your patients with diabetes. Our team has gone through over 900 articles, slide series and …
Read More »Glucagon-like peptide 1 increases the period of postprandial satiety and slows gastric emptying in obese men
The regulation of food intake is a complex process involving psychologic, social, and physiologic components. Physiologically, it is generally assumed that food intake is regulated by a central feeding drive that is later counterregulated by peripheral satiety signals that are activated during a meal. These satiety signals have been suggested …
Read More »“On-Track Diabetes” App for Patients
This app lets you log values such as glucose readings, food, exercise, and medications. Each event is entered by selecting a type (e.g., exercise), and a subtype (e.g., “swimming”) from an easily customized subtype menu. This saves time because you don’t have to type in the subtype each time. …
Read More »Editor’s Note: New Homerun Slides on CVD
Over the past weeks we have shared some great slides on Advanced Glycation End-products, and there’s a lot linking these AGE’s to cardiovascular disease. Our publisher, Steve Freed, has been working with Stan Schwartz, MD, FACP, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, and this week we have a whole …
Read More »Psychology in Diabetes Care, 2nd. Ed, Part 9
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Read More »Letter from the Editor #604: Happy Holidays and Lap Bands
Happy Holidays to all from Steve, Andrew, Heather and all the rest of us here at Diabetes in Control. Nowadays you can make yourself look a lot younger. With Botox for wrinkles, veneers for your teeth, collagen plumping up for your lips and gluteus maximus, lasers for your varicose veins …
Read More »SPECIAL FEATURE: GLP-1 Agonist-based Therapies: An Emerging New Class of Antidiabetic Drug With Potential Cardioprotective Effects
Melanie Sulistio, MD, Curtis Carothers, MD, Mandeep Mange, BS, Mike Lujan, BS, Rene Ofiveros, MD, and Robert Chilton, DO PART 2: GLP 1 Agonist-based Therapies: How do they reduce cardiovascular risks in diabetic patients? (For Part 1, just click here.) GLP-1 Agonist-based Therapies Reduce Cardiovascular Risk Weight loss is critical …
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