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David Joffe, BSPharm, CDE  Brittany Davis, Pharm D Candidate, Presbyterian College School of Pharmacy The molecular mechanisms linking fatty acids to GLP-1 secretion from gut endocrine cells remain incompletely understood. Hirasawa and colleagues have identified a GPCR, designated GPR120 that serves as a receptor for fatty acids on gut endocrine cells. …

Sheri R. Colberg, PhD, and Michael C. Riddell, PhD Regulation of Glucose Metabolism: Effect of Physical Activity on Metabolic Control Acute impact. Acutely, exercise can have wide-ranging effects on glycemia, likely because several variables influence glucose homeostasis during the activity. The intensity, duration, and timing of the activity as well as …

  Please share this resource with your patients….               By Osama Hamdy, MD, PhD, and Sheri R. Colberg, PhD  Who would ever have imagined that the often relentless progression of a chronic disease like type 2 diabetes can be stopped or reversed?

David Joffe, BSPharm, CDE Brittany Davis, Pharm D Candidate, Presbyterian College School of Pharmacy This is the first of a two-part series that examines some of the current research and unanswered questions about how GLP-1 is made in the body, what factors are involved in the release and quantity of …

 Learning to overcome barriers that interfere with a more physically active lifestyle is a critical part of effective diabetes self-management, especially when health complications like neuropathy, nephropathy, and retinopathy make being active more challenging1.

Anne Peters, MD, and Lori Laffel, MD, MPH, Editors Jane Lee Chiang, MD, Managing Editor Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion (CSII) PEDIATRICS David Maahs, MD, PhD, and H. Peter Chase, MD Standard of Care A consensus statement on the use of insulin pump therapy, CSII, in youth with type 1 diabetes (T1D) …

  Hand out this easy two-page printout to all your patients and especially those who may need some guidance on improving their balance. Dr. Sheri Colberg’s Balance Exercises (pdf)

    By Sheri Colberg, PhD   For your patients who need to improve their balance: Test Your Balance: If you think you already have great balance, first test it out before you assume too much: stand on one leg and shut your eyes. (Don’t try doing this without holding …

Anne Peters, MD, and Lori Laffel, MD, MPH, Editors Jane Lee Chiang, MD, Managing Editor PEDIATRICS – Jane Lee Chiang, MD, and Georgeanna J. Klingensmith, MD ADULTS – Irl B. Hirsch, MD 1. Basal insulin accounts for ~50% of total daily dose: i. LAA (insulin glargine, detemir, degludec) or NPH if LAA …

Aging results in a slow decline in maximal heart rate, aerobic capacity, lung function, and nerve function (unrelated to diabetes), regardless of physical activity levels, and some of these processes can be accelerated by the presence of diabetes1,2. The usual declines in insulin action with aging, however, actually may be …