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Business is business and many times we forget that we need to stay focused on our financial goals when we are involved with patient care. Steve Pohlit, CPA, MBA, reminds us how to get back on track in his continuing roadmap series. This week he asks us to Stop and …

This week Paul Chous, M.A., O.D., reflects on some data from the DPP, showing how pre-diabetes patients can develop Retinopathy. Paul, who has had type one diabetes for 38 years specializes in Diabetes Eye Care and has crafted a great explanation in Diabetic Retinopathy Without Diabetes?

Evan David Rosen, M.D., Ph.D. weighs in with his opinion as to how the obestiy numbers got to where they are in his new article Obesity: How big a problem is it? Evan David Rosen, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School As any casual reader of the …

Although we have a lot of information from ADA Evan David Rosen, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, brings us more research he uncovered about a new protein like drug from Lilly. FGF-21 is unique because as an anti-diabetic drug it appears to increase glucose uptake in …

The Importance of a Daily Multivitamin and Mineral Supplement For People with Diabetes and Prediabetes There were some interesting abstracts on the use of nutrients in diabetes and Melissa Diane Smith, Dpl Nutrition shares information about what to look for. By Melissa Diane Smith With all the single nutrient or …

A. Lee Dellon, MD, Professor of Plastic Surgery and Neurosurgery, brings us an updated report on the success of using decompression surgery to “change the natural course of diabetic neuropathy”, There are also links at the end of the article to help you find out if decompression surgery would help …

Do you have a business that you are building, or does you private practice need a jump start? If so you will want to read Part 6 of Building Business Profits by Steve Pohlit, CPA, MBA, and you can learn how blogs and rss feeds can benefit your business. If …

We all work hard and opportunities often steer our focus and goals towards a single opportunity or method. Steve Pohlit, CPA, MBA, asks us to take a Side Road on The Roadmap Strategy and look at The Need To Step Back Before We Continue Moving Forward. This series is for …

NF-kB is an inflammation activation protein that seems to work in the liver. What does this have to with diabetes? Everything according to Evan David Rosen, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. You can find out why, by reading Some Further Inflammatory Remarks. To an endocrinologist, there …

Eric S. Freedland, MD, Boston University School of Medicine, explains the Implications of Controlling Dietary Carbohydrates and other methods to reduce VAT. In the final part of his groundbreaking series The Role Of A Critical Visceral Adipose Tissue Threshold (CVATT) In Metabolic Syndrome Role of A Critical Visceral Adipose Tissue …