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DISASTERS AVERTED — Near Miss Case Studies
Don’t Be So Quick to Stop a Treatment That’s Working
TOP STORIES — Diabetes News and Research
ADA 81st Symposium: Treatment for Prediabetes and Diabetes Can Be Found at a Grocery Store
Part 1 | Part 2
ADA 81st Symposium: The Effect of Nasal Glucagon in Insulin-Induced Hypoglycemia
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Letter from the Editor
Over the past 20 years, we have seen many different solutions offered for type 2 diabetes and prediabetes. It seems that any time you give patients extra education and extra finances for food choices, the results are positive. But what happens when that help is no longer there? The answer is: things return to the way they were.
Do they have to be like this? This week, our Creighton University PharmD Candidate, Kornelia Ilias, looks at a well-received presentation from the ADA Scientific Sessions, on how the simple act of adding vegetables can make a measurable difference.
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We can make a difference!
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Dave Joffe
Editor-in-chief
DISASTERS AVERTED — Near Miss Case Studies
Man, 52 years of age, type 2 diabetes, obesity class II on Victoza. He was very pleased with treatment response, lowering glucose levels, feeling full and more satisfied, but having a skin reaction.
TOP STORIES — Diabetes News and Research
A prescription for vegetables can significantly lower weight, blood pressure, and A1C.
Better food choices can lower the incidence of diabetes and kidney disease, and reduce the need for medications.
The preparation of nasal glucagon is immediate and intended for use in an emergency hypoglycemic event, but how well can it reverse these events?