Insulin Therapy Center

I’ve been with many a person who has type 1, when the person is told if they would just eat, drink, or rub this potion on their body, or if they would just think a certain way, they would no longer have type 1 diabetes. When I see or hear this, I become very angry and protective. Today, a woman who has had type 1 diabetes for almost 30 years told me she went to an alternative healer for an essential oils treatment. The “healer” told her if she would rub the cinnamon oils on her ankles it would heal her diabetes. She asked me what I thought.

In this week's Homerun Slides, the cardiovascular benefit of the newer diabetes algorithm and treatment process.

The topic of insulin action (resistance and sensitivity) has come up multiple times over the years in my articles, but it is admittedly much more complex than I often make it out to be. In a DIC article last summer, you can find a short list of all the factors that can potentially improve insulin action (basically insulin sensitivity). In reality, though, sometimes it is impossible to know exactly what is causing your reduced insulin action from day to day and how to easily and consistently manage it.

In this week's Homerun Slides, debunking the myth that most patients with type 2 will eventually progress to insulin.

Increasing need for insulin in mothers carrying multiple babies as compared to mothers carrying single.

In the conclusion of this Exclusive Interview, DIC publisher Steve Freed asks how nutrition is integrated into the d-Nav insulin management program.

In part 6 of this Exclusive Interview, Steve Freed asks about the possibility of a future app and expanding patient access to their service.

When starting a patient on insulin, there’s more than just teaching how to give an injection and check glucose levels. Teach insulin’s action and side effects, especially the possibility of hypoglycemia, what it is, how to prevent, recognize and treat it.

In part 5 of this Exclusive Interview, Eran Bashan explains how d-Nav works in conjunction with a doctor's prescription and a patient's insulin adjustment, and working with Blue Cross to reach providers.

In part 4 of this Exclusive Interview, Eran Bashan explains how diabetes educators and physicians provide patient support with the d-Nav solution.