July 27, 2019

Just a little over 19 years ago, Steve Freed and I sent out our first Diabetes in Control newsletter. We had no journalism experience and we were definitely not webmasters, if the term even existed back then. We did have a great desire to share what we had learned about diabetes, and what was new in diabetes, with our colleagues. 

Over those past 19 years we have had a chance to meet some of the greatest minds in diabetes care and research, as well as keep you, our readers, up to date on everything diabetes. One of the greatest pleasures and rewards for me has been to bring young pharmacists into the diabetes arena and give them an opportunity to share their penchant for medicine and research. During that time span we have had  over 310 Doctor of Pharmacy interns help us to research and publish the best of the best. 

This week we are happy to present you with Issue 1000 of our newsletter, and to kick it off we have an article by our current intern Usif Darwish, PharmD Candidate, Florida A&M University, College of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, that looks at selecting medications for our patients that can be kidney protective and lower A1c’s.

 

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We can make a difference!

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Dave Joffe

Editor-in-chief