Clinical Presentations

  This week we continue our Homerun Slides series on the Role of the Kidney with topics including: The Quintessential Quintet, The Setaceous Sextet, and the Septicidal Septet….

  You may have heard of DeFronzo’s "Ominous Octet" but have you heard of the "Disharmonious Quartet"? In this week’s Homerun Slides, we review the Pathogenesis of Type 2 Diabetes as well as the Role of Free Fatty Acids in Hyperglycemia where the Disharmonious Quartet comes into play….

  In this week’s Homerun Slides series, we review the Etiology of Type 2 Diabetes including Insulin Resistance and Beta-Cell Dysfunction, and we take also take a look at the San Antonio Metabolism and VAGES Studies….

  In this week’s Homerun Slides, we continue our discussion of the Role of the Kidneys with topics including the Unmet Needs in Diabetes Care, Incidence of Microvascular Complications in IGT, and a review of the Steno-2 study….

  With the recent report in The Lancet that the number of overweight and obese people on the planet has topped 2.1 billion, this week’s Homerun Slides will give you a closer look at the issue in some specific countries as well as the importance of taking action sooner rather than …

  This week we begin a short series of Homerun Slides on the role of the kidney. Topics covered this week include SGLT2 Inhibition, The Ominous Octet, and the Renal Handling of Glucose….

  This week we wrap up our series of Homerun Slides from Dr. Stanley Schwartz covering the current state of obesity and the medication therapies available. We delve further in to the possibilities of combining insulin with the new incretin therapies including GLP-1’s and DPP-IV’s….

In this Homerun Slides series, we review some issues around the Diabetic Management of the Obese Patient including; Potential Causes of Weight Gain with Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes; Weight Reduction Issues – Non-Insulin; and treatment with SGLT-2 Inhibitors with Incretins (GLP-1’s or DPP-IV’s)…. See more SGLT-2 Resources To download …

  This week’s Homerun Slides set covers weight reduction through lifestyle modification as well as some of the newer medications available to help your patients achieve this important goal….

  In this week’s Homerun Slides series, we discuss the possibility of delaying the onset of type 2 diabetes as well as revisit DeFronzo’s octet, and look at how treating the octet without hypoglycemia and weight gain can be done….