Featured Writers

Sherri Shafer, R.D., CDE returns to Diabetes in Control after an extended hiatus. In keeping with our publisher’s focus on prevention she has contributed a feature on Preventing and Treating Type 2 Diabetes with Weight Control and Exercise. Weight Matters Weight control has been shown to reduce the risk of …

When you read Diabetes in Control you have to know that we are first and foremost diabetes professionals and secondly journalists. Often I share my heart on my shirtsleeve with you. This week our Publisher, Stephen Freed, BSPharm, has prepared a compelling feature The Expanding Evidence for Diabetes Prevention that …

Dr. Sheri Colberg has spent the last few weeks helping us learn how to maximize or physical activity for optimal results. This week she helps us put it all together in Sample Workouts to Put It All Together

Kim A. Carmichael, M.D., FACP Associate Professor of Medicine, often sends his patients to the OTC or vitamin aisles of stores for help with diabetes. He has decided to share the info, so we can tell our patients Click here to read Diabetes: What Can Your Local OTC And Health …

W. C. Willett, MD Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, has reviewed the latest studies of low carbohydrate food choices and answers the question of Low-Carbohydrate Diets: A Place In Health Promotion?

UCSF’s Dr. Jeffrey Bluestone and Columbia University’s Dr. Kevan Herold share their study, demonstrating for the first time that antibody therapy could essentially stop diabetes in its tracks 1 year later if used early after type 1 diabetes diagnosis.

Every time I read a news-feed it has something about how we are losing the battle against diabetes, pre-diabetes, and metabolic syndrome. Phil Wood DVM, MS, PhD focuses on Adiponectin: An Ally In Reducing Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and shows that there is a growing interest in understanding the role of …

Maintaining your balance is important during almost all physical activities, and your ability to balance may diminish as you age. So this week Dr. Sheri Colberg gives us Balance and Flexibility Training Are Important, Too

Our patients often get to a plateau in their fitness activity and it seems that they never have enough time. This week Dr. Sheri Colberg helps maximize your patients workout time, Getting More Out of Resistance Training in Less Time will get them past the plateau, Click here to read …

Get ready to Laugh: Theresa Garnero, APRN, BC-ADM, MSN, CDE is back with some cartoons from her new CD, in Spanish and English.