Letter From The Editor

This week I gave a lecture to the physician and pharmacist residents at one of our local hospitals and we were talking about the possible reasons that insulin would suddenly lose its effect on a patient. The pharmacist residents started talking about storage temperature, time the bottle had been open, …

This week we had a chance to see why government moves at the speed of dirt. It does not matter which party you favor: you have to wonder about our leaders and the way they waste money and time in order to get even. The GOP took over the House …

After Andrew left the JPMorgan Meeting in San Francisco we spoke about the near future of diabetes care for Type 2 patients and he said he thought it will be in GLP-1 agonist therapy. With over 16 new GLP-1s in second or third phase development it is no wonder that …

Last week, many companies in the diabetes world were in San Francisco to present at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. Our own president, Andrew Young, was in attendance to see and hear what was going on, and to sum it up, 2011 does not look like a breakthrough year for …

This weekend Steve and I are at the International CES Show in Las Vegas, and technology for health is booming. Two years ago, not a single health related exhibit was available, last year there were 2 and now there is a whole section of the show dedicated to Digital Health …

Does your patient have a dog or cat with diabetes? They may not know how an accidental injection of insulin may affect them. In this week’s Disaster Averted a pet owner accidently stuck herself with 5 units of insulin but lucklily was smart enough to call 911. In this week’s …

Happy New Year to all of you from all of us here at Diabetes In Control. This is the time of year that most of our patients get back to taking care of themselves. They have put away the decorations and wrapping paper, finished off the holiday leftovers and are …

As we welcome the New Year we want to thank all of you who have been able to use the information from our Diabetes Clinical Mastery Series to improve your knowledge. Last week I received a note from a physician in Huntington, WV, that makes me feel that the work …

This week we have an article about the use of glycated albumin for monitoring fluctuating and poorly controlled Type 2 diabetic patients. The authors talk about the use of this test and how it compares to the use of the A1c test for managing patients. Sounds like another test will …

Every week there is a new study coming out showing the relationship between diabetes and cardiovascular disease. There are over 1.1 million Americans who will have a serious heart attack in 2011 and there are over 80 million who have one or more risk factors for heart disease. This week …