Letter From The Editor

An article in Science Daily this week caught my eye. According to a new study there is a potential link between daily consumption of diet soft drinks and the risk of vascular events. Individuals who drink diet soft drinks on a daily basis may be at increased risk of suffering …

Each day in the pharmacy we get prescriptions with the three scariest words in medicine: “Take as directed.” Since diabetes patients on average take seven medications it’s impossible to expect them to remember how to take all of them and this week’s Diabetes Disaster Averted reminds us of this dangerous …

This week there is a wealth of information on new drugs for diabetes and weight loss; see FDA Approves Eli Lilly Diabetes Combo Drug Jentadueto, Efficacy and Safety of Bydureon Versus Metformin, Pioglitazone, and Sitagliptin as Monotherapy, and Obesity Drug to Get Broader Label. New research also shows how chemical …

As the month of January draws to a close it is that time when New Year’s Resolutions start to unravel. Many of our patients tried the newest fad diet or exercise program for a whopping 30 days and when they didn’t get the results that the TV commercials promised decided …

Steve and I are constantly going to physician offices to talk about in-office diabetes education and the value for patients of coming in for monthly classes or group appointments. We even spent three months last summer giving you the tools to set up these programs in your office and get …

Whenever we talk about diabetes and pregnancy the first thing that comes to mind is gestational diabetes associated with pregnancy in otherwise healthy patients. But what about those patients who have diabetes and then get pregnant? This week our Clinical Gem delves into the psychological and physical issues that we …

There was a lot of excitement in the lay press this week as Southern style TV Chef Paula Deen came out of the closet and admitted she has had diabetes for the last three years. It was interesting to note that this occurred after she signed a major deal with …

It has been said that, “People cannot influence their motivation and actions very well if they do not pay adequate attention to their own performances, the conditions under which they occur, and the immediate and distal effects they produce.” Nowhere is this more evident when we are talking about adolescents …

Over the past two years there have been numerous postponements of the enactment of Medicare’s sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula for physician pay. The SRG was an original attempt to reduce the reimbursements to physicians for Medicare patients. These reductions have now added up to a whopping 27%. We have …

Last week I was walking in the OTC department in front of the pharmacy and I noticed a box of Fastin on the shelf. I was surprised by this as I knew that the RX version was phentermine 37.5 mg and could not believe that you could now buy it …