January 19, 2016 : DCMS #276

DISASTERS AVERTED — Near Miss Case Studies

In Search for Culprit Behind Glucose Swings, Investigate Non-diabetes Medications

HOMERUN SLIDES — Great Clinical Presentation Highlights

Diabetes for Cardiologists Part 6

CLINICAL GEMS — The Best from Diabetes Texts

International Textbook of Diabetes Mellitus, 4th Ed., Excerpt #7: Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Part 1 of 5

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW — Candid Video Interviews with Top Practitioners

 Dr. Don Fetterolf, Part 3: Amniotic Membrane Use in Ulcer Treatment

MOST POPULAR ARTICLES OF THE MONTH

#1 Antioxidants May Help Reduce Diabetes Risk
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There are times that patients think that, magically, they start doing things right and their diabetes improves. We have all seen the obese diabetes patient who has started losing weight and feels they are doing well, only to find out that the weight loss is coming from the failure of the pancreas. Although the reasons are not always that severe, unless we take a look at all the patient’s medications we might be fooled at how “good” they are really doing. This week’s disaster averted tells the story of what happens when a patient is given lesser-known medications for a totally different problem. If you get to the bottom of the article you will find a link that can help you evaluate all of your patient’s medications very easily.

Your partner in diabetes care,
Dave Joffe
Editor-in-chief

Recently I had a patient who was referred to me due to increased glucose levels, which happens all the time. However, this patient was referred because of the recent changes in fasting glucose levels. After attending a group diabetes class, the patient seemed to be improving self care and average fasting glucoses had dropped from around 165 mg/dl to 130 mg/dl. The readings held like this for two months and then started to rise again….

In this week’s Homerun Slides, pathogenesis and biological interventions in autoimmune diabetes.

Type 1 diabetes (T1DM) is one of the most prevalent severe chronic diseases of childhood, affecting more than 170,000 children in the United States, an increase of 23% since 2001. In the US, more than 25,000 children are diagnosed annually with 1:200 children and 1:100 adults diagnosed with T1DM during the lifespan.

In part three of this exclusive interview, Dr. Don Fetterolf talks about the use of amniotic membrane in the healing of diabetic foot ulcers and the process of using the placenta to create the graphs.

Study shows high carotenoid serum concentration may prevent development of type 2.

Patients who responded to medication had greater improvement in cardiometabolic risk factors.

Study of 40-year trend focused on three ethnic groups prone to dental complications.