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Adapted from Diabetes in Older Adults: A Consensus Report, Journal of the American Geriatric Society Insulin therapy can be used to achieve glycemic goals in selected older adults with type 2 diabetes with similar efficacy and hypoglycemia risk as in younger patients.

The Future of Islet Transplantation Steve Freed: Please give tell us a little bit about yourself, and your field of interest. Dr. Eli Lewis: I studied in the medical school at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel. During medical school, I was infatuated by medical research. I then completed …

Anne Peters, MD, and Lori Laffel, MD, MPH, Editors Jane Lee Chiang, MD, Managing Editor Jane Lee Chiang, MD, and Stephen E. Gitelman, MD GUIDELINES Current guidelines for glycemic control from select organizations worldwide are shown in Table 6.4.19-22,62 Due to the special nature of T1D, only those guidelines that …

      By Sheri Colberg, PhD   Up to 40% of individuals with diabetes may experience peripheral neuropathy, and 60% of lower extremity amputations are related to suboptimal blood glucose control1,2.

Anne Peters, MD, and Lori Laffel, MD, MPH, Editors Jane Lee Chiang, MD, Managing Editor Jane Lee Chiang, MD, and Stephen E. Gitelman, MD INTRODUCTION The Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT)1 was a landmark medical study conducted by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). …

SGLT2 Inhibitors are a new class of drugs aimed at type 2 diabetes. This class of medications is based on blocking the re-uptake of glucose by the kidneys. SGLTs function to ensure that glucose entering the kidneys is returned to the bloodstream instead of being passed in the urine. SGLT-2 …

      By Sheri Colberg, PhD     The goal of resistance training is increased muscular fitness, both muscular strength and endurance.

By Sheri Colberg, PhD Anyone with diabetes is more prone to developing overuse injuries with a slower onset that can limit movement around joints. Common injuries associated with a diabetic state are shoulder adhesive capsulitis (“frozen shoulder”), carpal tunnel syndrome (wrist pain), metatarsal fractures (foot bones), and neuropathy-related joint disorders …

Anne Peters, MD, and Lori Laffel, MD, MPH, Editors Jane Lee Chiang, MD, Managing Editor Marion J. Franz, MS, RD, CDE; Alison B. Evert, MS, RD, CDE; Gail Spiegel, MS, RD, CDE; Carol Brunzell, RD, CDE; Joyce Green Pastors, MS, RD, CDE; Joshua J. Neumiller, PharmD, CDE, CGP, FASCP; Laurie …

Joy Pape, RN, BSN, CDE, WOCN, CFCN, FAADE Dr. Ronald Krauss, MD, Senior Scientist and Director of Atherosclerosis Research at Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Medicine at UCSF and in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at UC Berkeley, and Guest Senior Scientist in the …