Editor’s Note DCMS #114

Adipocytes, hormones, pro-hormones, cytokines and enzymes are all found in adipose tissue but what does this have to do with the endocrine system? Can they affect total-body metabolism and cardiovascular health? This week our excerpt from the JOSLIN’S DIABETES DESKBOOK – A Guide for Primary Care Providers, Updated 2nd Edition, helps us to understand how this adipose tissue could act as another endocrine gland and the effects that could have on glucose control.

Our Homerun Slides have more information on ACO’s (Accountable Care Organizations), and in this week’s Mastery In Minutes video with RD Becky Sulik, she lets us know how ACO’s could work in her clinic focusing in on children and adolescents with type 1. Our Diabetes Disaster Averted looks at the problems patients can have when they "upgrade" their insulin regimen without getting proper instructions.