Letter From The Editor

We have been at the U.S. Pro Challenge in Colorado this past week and after seven grueling days and 865 miles, Javier Megias of Team NovoNordisk was crowned Most Aggressive Rider. This rider, who lives with type 1 diabetes, is also the only rider who has managed to finish every …

On Wednesday night, I was in Beverly Hills and was able to sit in on a presentation that a cardiologist was providing to a group of nurse practitioners and physician assistants. He was talking about cutting down salt as an easy-to-follow method to reduce blood pressure. One of the attendees …

Have you ever heard of nesidioblatosis? More importantly, have you ever put that condition together with diabetes? In our new Near Miss Case Study section, we take a look at how these conditions could totally mask what is really going on with a patient. Our Homerun Slides move to the …

The use of GLP-1 analogs have become commonplace in the prescribers’ regimen and many practitioners try different combinations to maximize the potential of this class of drugs. Using a GLP-1 analog with basal insulin has become the norm and this month we have the results of a combination product that …

Every day, more and more of our patients start on insulin. In past years, most of these patients were started on basal insulin by their primary care prescriber and then titrated up. However, when it came to adding on meal time insulin, they we’re often referred to an endocrinologist. Now …

Often when a diabetes patient goes out of the house, they have a whole backpack full of stuff, including meters, strips, lancets, glucose tabs, insulin pens or extra pump sets, a cell phone and maybe a CGMS device. Keeping up with their bag of diabetes supplies can be a burden …

This week we have lots of information for you. We continue to see the value of individualizing diabetes care for every patient and there is no better way to show you this than to share a couple of interviews I had this week at the U.S. Pro Challange Bike Race. …

There are some diabetes patients who push the limits on living a normal life, and even go beyond normal to the extreme. They push their bodies to achievements that even the best euglycemic patient can only dream of coming close to. One group of these diabetes athletes rides for Team …

Sometimes it seems that we get our priorities screwed up. Earlier in the week, I had to teach a patient how to dose NPH and Regular insulin to manage their diabetes. This does not seem like much except this patient has been well-controlled for at least five years on an …

As soon as we see a person who has diabetes, we decide that hypertension will be a problem. In fact about 74% of diabetes patients do have elevated blood pressure levels. The problem with this is that often we put type 1 patients in that group even though the research …