After handling fruits and using an alcohol swab to clean the area before testing, you can still get elevated blood sugars from your monitor.…

A new clinical trial at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center is among the first to test surgery specifically for Type 2 diabetes….

The first time that many patients realize that diabetes can affect their kidneys is when they are referred to renal services….

A follow-up study from Children’s Hospital Boston, now reveals exactly how omega-3’s provide protection, and provides reassurance that widely used COX-inhibiting drugs like aspirin and NSAIDs don’t negate their benefit….

Researchers in the Children’s Hospital Boston Informatics Program performed an in-depth evaluation of ten diabetes websites, looking at their quality of information….

Medication compliance is a major issue for people with diabetes, and especially those with co- morbidities. Researchers say that medication education is a key factor in helping patients with diabetes better stick to their drug treatment plans….

After reviewing this week’s chapter excerpt from Drs. Edelman and Henry, I am seeing the partial word “-opathy” in my sleep. His discussion of the diagnosis and treatment of neuropathy, nephropathy and all the other -opathies put a new perspective on why good glucose control is so important. Cold weather …

I recently had a pump patient who suddenly started having a problem in the morning with hypoglycemia, 30 minutes after arising but prior to taking her bolus for her breakfast.  We recommended she change her infusion set and insertion area however there was no improvement and she continued to have …

This week I stopped at a Grab and Go Gas Mart on the way home from a program in Sarasota to get a drink. When I was at the fountain I found that the 44 ounce was no longer the largest size as a new 52 ouncer was on the …

Dave Joffe, BSPharm, CDE Editor-in-chief Each and every week we try to bring you a product that can either benefit your patients or your practice. Often times this is just a blurb and a link to a website, however at times a new product comes along that Steve or I …