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Fasting Glucose over 126mg/dl or 2 random glucose readings over 200mg/dl mean your patient has diabetes. But what about their A1c? We use to measure therapy success, but what about using A1c to diagnose diabetes? According to David Sacks, MD, Assistant Professor of Pathology Harvard Medical School we should be …

Have you ever used your grandchild as a leg weight, or a dictionary to strengthen your thighs? Dr. Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM, is the recognized expert on physical activity and diabetes. This week she has some variations on her Lower-body resistance training exercises, that may surprise you.

Our new intern, Kate Messamore, PharmD Candidate, University of Florida has reviewed Neurophysiological Pathways to Obesity: Below Awareness and Beyond Individual Control written by Deborah A. Cohen, MD, MPH, at the RAND Corporation. This is some unbelievable information you have to read.

When our publisher, Steve Freed, BSPharm, and I first got together it was because I had found a soluble fiber product that lowered cholesterol levels and seemed to help control glucose levels. Steve explained that this fiber worked as a “bile acid sequestrant. Now he has found a whole class …

Should all adults who start on insulin be given a glucagon kit or would that scare them away from insulin use?

M. Teresa Volpone, PharmD, CDE, BC-ADM is back with a new article “What Is In It For Me?”. This year’s AADE educator of the year focuses on how we can get our patients to actually change behavior.

Dr. Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM, is the recognized expert on physical activity and diabetes. She has just completed a book for Athletes with Diabetes and so we feel lucky that she is willing to help us help your patients. This week she has some Lower-body resistance training exercises: Standing side …

Should we reward patients who take care of their health, with lower premiums and copays and charge the others more?

This week we want to know if you think this will make it easier for patients to get care?

Should food advertisers be required to provide health effects of their food in their commercials and on their print ads, and packaging?