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The ADA and other organizations will be announcing the guidelines on how to use the A1c test to diagnose diabetes. The test that has been used by most doctors is the fasting blood glucose test. The problem with the fasting blood glucose is that you have to be fasting, but …

A couple of months ago we had a review of GLP-1 mimetic therapies and studies form the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) 44th Annual Meeting convened in Rome, Italy, September 8-11, 2008. Many of you emailed me asking for more information on what the latest research shows …

Most times when we talk about teenagers and diabetes we are talking about type 1 patients, but with the large increase in adolescent cases of type 2 diabetes, all practitioners are likely to see these patients. Since there is not as much urgency with type 2 diabetes, parents often do …

Often our patients with diabetes have unexplained hypoglycemia and there seems to be no rhyme or reason as to why. Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM has the latest research on what happens to cause this. Read Exercise and Hypoglycemia: Their Effect on Hormonal Responses

Theresa Garnero, APRN, BC-ADM, MSN, CDE, has just completed the book Your First Year with Diabetes: What to Do, Month by Month but she still found time to send me a New Years cartoon.

There is a new study out trying to show the link between intensive glycemic control and reductions, if any, in cardiovascular endpoints. The VA Diabetes Trial of 1,800 patients, showed like other, larger trials recently published, that there was no clinical benefit to intensive control in this population of patients. …

Last week I was on the phone with Rick Philbin, from Animas. Rick is a type one patient who is also active in DESA. A few years ago we crowned Rick the world’s most fit diabetes sales rep. When you check out his insulin use it is almost non-existent. How …

Hypertension And Kidney Disease: A Marriage That Should Be Prevented is the message for WORLD KIDNEY DAY 2009 and we have a special feature written jointly by Eberhard Ritz representing the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) and George Bakris representing the International Federation of Kidney Foundations (IFKF), the two organizations …

For the past 5 years Theresa Garnero, APRN, BC-ADM, MSN, CDE, has brought us some great laughs with her diabetes cartoons. But all those letters after her last name also means she knows something about diabetes care. She has just completed the book Your First Year with Diabetes: What to …

Timing of Exercise and Your Insulin Levels By Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM, is a must read for everyone. Not only does this feature apply to insulin dependent patients, but the information is for all patients whether they have diabetes or not.