In this week's Homerun Slides, the principles of the AACE/ACE comprehensive type 2 diabetes management algorithm.

In this week's Homerun Slides, the cost of the current diabetes classification.

In this week's Homerun Slides, potential new treatment guidelines inspired by beta-cell-centric classification of diabetes.

In this week's Homerun Slides, changing the current classification of diabetes to reflect the beta-cell-centric approach.

In this week's Homerun Slides, we continue exploring the mechanisms of diabetes with a brief focus on immune modulation/inflammation, insulin resistance and environment.

In this week's Homerun Slides, the use of genotyping in understanding the mechanisms of diabetes.

In this week's Homerun Slides, explaining the beta-centric classification of diabetes mellitus.

In this week's Homerun Slides, the failure of the current classification of diabetes and a comparison of the definition of each current diabetes type.

In part one of this special interview, Dr. Stanley Schwartz and DIC publisher Steve Freed discuss Dr. Schwartz's proposed new beta-cell centric classification of diabetes.

In part two of this special interview, Dr. Schwartz discusses the "egregious eleven" -- six mechanisms that injure the beta cell, and five results of injury -- and the role they play in hyperglycemia.