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DISASTERS AVERTED — Near Miss Case Studies
Beware: Weight Loss Not Just Due to Patient’s Healthier Habits
TOP STORIES — Diabetes News and Research
The Link Between Diabetes and COVID-19 Deaths
Children with Type 1 Diabetes and the Artificial Pancreas
Omnipod Horizon System in Children with Type 1 Diabetes
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Letter from the Editor
As I watch the news this evening, the top subjects are COVID, COVID hospitalizations, COVID deaths and the vaccine. The number of new cases and hospitalizations are rising at a rate that will overwhelm the healthcare system and put many high risk patients in a situation of potentially having nowhere to go for care. Although the vaccines that are coming look very promising, it will likely be late in the summer before the majority of our patents get a chance for the vaccine.
Since the start of the pandemic, patients with diabetes have been known to have increased risk of severe complications and need to be extra careful. Learning to predict how a patient’s health issues can affect the seriousness of a Corona infection may just save your patient’s life.
This week our FAMU Doctor of Pharmacy Candidate, Olivia Shenouda, brings you the results of a risk stratification study that you can use to limit your patients’ risk of complications.
Click here to learn more.
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We can make a difference!
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Dave Joffe
Editor-in-chief
DISASTERS AVERTED — Near Miss Case Studies
A patient, 62 years of age, with type 2 diabetes, obesity, and an intellectual disability disorder, had been a patient at our clinic for over ten years. Treatment included metformin and insulin. He met regularly with his endocrinologist and diabetes educator. He often spoke about wanting to lose weight….
TOP STORIES — Diabetes News and Research
Study assigned a point system to chronic risk factors that can affect COVID-19 cases, including diabetes, obesity, and cardiometabolic disease.
Less than 20% of children with type 1 diabetes attain the target glycated hemoglobin level of less than 7% recommended by the American Diabetes Association.
The first study conducted on this device that explores the effectiveness and safety parameters.