Letter From The Editor

There was a lot of interest in the last two issues surrounding treatments for the complications of diabetes and, more specifically, neuropathy. This week we are focusing on the two most common forms of neuropathy: diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) and diabetic autonomic neuropathy (DAN). To this end we have received …

The CDC just released new data in their 2011 fact sheet which got overlooked in most journals. They now estimate that 26.9% of all patients over 65 have diabetes. This is almost 11 million patients and many of them of them have had diabetes for less than 5 years. There …

This week we finish up the information that Drs. Edelman and Henry have been sharing on the microvascular complications of diabetes and how to treat them. Our Homerun Slides have great information on the other receptor sites that DPP-4 enzymes affect, where the metabolites of GLP-1 c can exert their …

New reports over the past couple of weeks tell a lot about our health. First it was 1 in 3 Americans have either prediabetes or diabetes and then we got news that over 50% of us are either obese or overweight. Last week the CDC released information that over 25% of …

After reviewing this week’s chapter excerpt from Drs. Edelman and Henry, I am seeing the partial word “-opathy” in my sleep. His discussion of the diagnosis and treatment of neuropathy, nephropathy and all the other -opathies put a new perspective on why good glucose control is so important. Cold weather …

This week I stopped at a Grab and Go Gas Mart on the way home from a program in Sarasota to get a drink. When I was at the fountain I found that the 44 ounce was no longer the largest size as a new 52 ouncer was on the …

Last week I took two of my interns to USF to watch a laser photo-coagulation procedure. The patient had very bad retinopathy and the physician was working hard to save what little vision she had left. Retinopathy is the number one cause of blindness in this country and the microvascular …

Typically whenever I hear something on TV or the radio about diabetes my ears perk up and I listen carefully. This past week there were a few things that caught my attention. First I heard a slew of commercials for a mail-order diabetes supply company touting that they had a …

I am sitting here in Florida thinking about how many of you are waiting to find out if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow. Sad as it seems I would guess that many of you freezing and covered with snow are hoping that the world’s most famous groundhog suffers from retinopathy …

The official numbers from the CDC are out for 2011 and once again the number of patients with diabetes is up. Last year my PowerPoint slides topped out at 24 million but this year the CDC has upped the number to nearly 26 million Americans. At this pace I will …