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FDA label update will increase drug use in persons with historical contraindications or precautions.

Using fibrates to treat hypertriglyceridemia has not shown significant benefit in cardiovascular mortality in previous studies.

According to available evidence, which of the following is a treatment strategy for the delay or prevention of macrovascular complications? 1) Antiplatelet therapy 2) Blood pressure management 3) Glycemic control ≤ 7% (individualized for patients) 4) Smoking cessation 5) Lipid management 6) All of the above Follow the link to see the correct answer!

What percent of your prediabetes patients are on metformin? 1) 0% 2) 10%+ 3) 25%+ 4) 50%+ 5) 75%+ Follow the link to see how you compare!

Man, 63 years of age, type 2 diabetes, obesity, hypertension and hyperlipidemia, referred to me, a CDE, to start him on and teach him how to use insulin. He has had diabetes education in the past, tried lower carb eating and physical activity, but glucose levels still elevated. He told me he felt like a failure. He said he learned he was insulin resistant, made too much insulin, which was causing his co-morbidities. He was very resistant to start insulin, especially since he thought insulin was the cause of his problem.

Dr. Altamash Shaikh talks with Diabetes in Control Associate Medical Editor Joy Pape at the 2016 AACE Meeting. In part 3 of this Exclusive Interview, Dr. Shaikh explains the life experience among the Indians that lends itself to the development and perpetuation of diabetes.

In this week's Homerun Slides, the rate of heart failure hospitalization and all-cause mortality of patients on the placebo vs empagliflozin study.

Insulin receptor substrate molecules -- receptor substrate/docking protein: Following insulin binding and receptor autophosphorylation, the next committed step in signal transduction is tyrosine phosphorylation of intracellular proteins. To accomplish this, autophosphorylation of the beta subunit mediates noncovalent but stable interactions between the receptor and intracellular substrate proteins, and this positions these molecules for tyrosine phosphorylation by the activated insulin receptor kinase.

U.S. researchers confirm that prediabetes risk, presence can be identified using A1C test with same accuracy as other, less convenient tests.

Object of meta-analysis to assess diagnostic accuracy of screening tests for prediabetes and efficacy of interventions (lifestyle or metformin) in preventing diabetes.