Letter From The Editor

This week we are honored to present an excerpt from Diabetic Emergencies: Diagnosis and Clinical Management. This new text provides highly practical, clear-cut clinical guidance for serious diabetic emergencies like ketoacidosis, hyperosmolar coma and severe hyper- and hypoglycemia, and the best methods of both managing the emergencies and administering appropriate follow-up …

This week, there’s a lot in the press about the use of an old TB vaccine to "cure" type 1 diabetes. Our publisher, Steve Freed, has put together a fantastic synopsis that cuts through the hype and delivers the real story: check out Item #1, Faustman’s Type 1 Diabetes Cure …

Each week patients come to our classes with a new way to control their glucose levels. One of the methods of choosing foods that we often discuss is the Glycemic Index. This rating of the glucose raising effects of different foods was first brought to us by the staff at …

I have been traveling for the past two weeks to talk to pharmacists about the "Impact of Medication Therapy Management (MTM) on Hypertension Control and Adherence," and will have the opportunity to share this information with over 25 different groups by the end of September. Part of this presentation discusses the …

We often discuss the value of physical activity with our diabetes patients, and focus on how this helps control glucose levels. When it comes to our insulin-using patients, we add information about exercise induced hypoglycemia as well. This week our Clinical Text goes into detail on the use of physical …

Most of the time we are treating patients with type 2 diabetes, and sometimes we lose sight of our type 1 patients. The majority of these patients develop type 1 at a young age and are referred to a pediatric endocrinologist for treatment. These patients often stay with this clinician …

Did you know that medical nutrition therapy (MNT) has been around longer than insulin? In fact, MNT for diabetes care goes back over 200 years. Our Clinical Text from Joslin’s Diabetes Deskbook, "The How’s and Why’s of Medical Nutrition Therapy," brings to life the idea of empowering patients to manage their own care, and …

Steve, Andrew and I would like to extend a warm thanks to all the educators who stopped by our booth at the AADE meeting in Indianapolis. We are especially thankful to those of you who took the time to be interviewed by our publisher, and to the faculty and students …

The first thing that gets blamed for obesity and the onset of diabetes is sugary drinks. Logic dictates that the calories from the drinks are responsible for this surge in obesity but are there more factors than just calories and why have we seen the surge in the use of …

Last year we did a survey of our medical professional readers from across the country to gauge the level of knowledge you had on GLP-1 analogs. We focused on the science, research and benefits of this new class of drugs. Based on your responses we have spent the last year …