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DISASTERS AVERTED — Near Miss Case Studies
Valentine’s Days, Holidays, Obligations, and Associations
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW — Candid Video Interviews with Top Practitioners
Dr. Richard Bergenstal on New Technologies and a Possible Diabetes Cure
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HOMERUN SLIDES — Great Clinical Presentation Highlights
CLINICAL GEMS — The Best from Diabetes Texts
MOST POPULAR ARTICLES OF THE MONTH
#1 Caution: NSAIDs with SGLT-2 Inhibitors May Cause Renal Injuries
#2 New ADA 2017 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes
#3 Remission of Prediabetes to Normal Glucose Tolerance in Obese Adults
Editor's Note
Last week, I was listening to our good friend Joe Graedon from the People’s Pharmacy on my local NPR station. He had a researcher on who was talking about the different kinds of fat and what they do to your body. One of the things she pounded on was the reduction of calories needed when you lose weight. According to her research, if you lost 5% of your body weight you would need to consume 10% less calories just to maintain that plateau. This could be one reason many of our patients gain weight back after we work so hard to get it off.This week in our Disasters Averted, we look at how a patient can lose the weight and keep it off.
In case you missed it: dMeetings is a new way to educate your diabetes patients that gives them the freedom to learn at their own pace from knowledgeable certified educators.To learn how to get started with dMeetings, see our recent New Product item.
Dave Joffe
Editor-in-chief
DISASTERS AVERTED — Near Miss Case Studies
Woman, 63 years of age, history of ovarian cancer, prediabetes, hyperlipidemia, has been trying to lose weight for years but was unable to do so. She is very family-, friend-, colleague-oriented. Every holiday she thought she had to make or bring and eat whatever special holiday food was associated with the holiday. She couldn’t let anyone down by not bringing, or by not eating what other people brought. We met weekly for the past three years. Every week there was some excuse about how or why she “cheated” or if there was a week she didn’t think she “cheated,” then she was afraid she would.
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW — Candid Video Interviews with Top Practitioners
In this Exclusive Interview, Dr. Richard Bergenstal talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed about the technology in the artificial pancreas, the new Abbott Libre CGMS, and the possible diabetes cure.
HOMERUN SLIDES — Great Clinical Presentation Highlights
In this week’s Homerun Slides, talking to patients about SGLT-2 as a treatment option.
CLINICAL GEMS — The Best from Diabetes Texts
The glucose transport effector system, GLUT4 vesicle translocation and trafficking: Glucose transport proteins are the key functional units of the glucose transport effector system. Multiple glucose transporter genes have been identified that encode a family of homologous proteins exhibiting different functional properties and marked differences in tissue-specific expression.
MOST POPULAR ARTICLES OF THE MONTH
New research finds issue in the setting of dehydration and/or during use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents (NSAIDs) or radiocontrast studies.
Psychological health, access to care, expanded and personalized treatment options and the tracking of hypoglycemia emphasized.
The use of a high protein diet instead of a high carbohydrate diet to help reverse the progression to diabetes.