New study generates lively discussion among experts at EASD on how to consider the results in prescribing, exploration of possible mechanism and potential class effect.

In your practice, are you seeing more or less patients with prediabetes and diabetes? Follow the link to respond.

A 51-year-old patient returns to your office for a follow-up visit. She is currently taking metformin and glipizide after being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes eight years ago. She shows you her self-care logs that indicate she has been eating a healthy diet and walking daily. She has been maintaining her weight (BMI 26kg/m2). Despite her excellent efforts, her A1C is 7.8%, above her target of A1C<7.0%. When you start to discuss adding a basal insulin dose to her regimen, she bursts into tears. All of the following are common barriers to insulin therapy initiations EXCEPT (follow the link to answer):

Diabetes In Control readers submitted their best advice on how to prevent insulin errors at home, at pharmacies, and in the hospital. We're happy to present the winning entry, by Joyce Larson, as well as a selection of other excellent entries.

43-year old patient presents to your clinic for an appointment. She has mild hypertension, which is currently well controlled with a ß-blocker. She was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes 6-years ago, and has been taking metformin and glipizide. She has noticed that her recent self-blood glucose monitoring numbers have been creeping up and with a most recent FPG of 160 mg/dl. At today’s visit, she has an A1C 8.0%. She tells you that until now her job has required she travel several times a month. This week she was promoted to a managerial position that does not require travel. Which of the following approaches would be the best for her?

Just for fun, here's a bonus question to Test Your Knowledge of Thanksgiving: according to food historians, the meal at the first Thanksgiving in 1621 would have been very different from what most U.S. celebrants eat today. In fact, only one of these modern Thanksgiving staples might actually have been on the table back then. Which one is it?

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What percentage of your non-insulin Diabetic patients know what their A1c result is? Follow the link to respond.

A 75-year-old man presents to your office with complaints of occasional mild hypoglycemia. His current antihyperglycemic regimen includes metformin and nateglinide. You would like to modify his treatment regimen to minimize his risk of hypoglycemia. Which one of the following 2-drug combinations would NOT be a suitable substitution? Follow the link to answer!

Data from a longitudinal study shows that white coat hypertension and masked hypertension are both associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events.