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Appropriate intensification and deintensification in medication use may be of benefit.

Study shows improvement in spatial memory and word recognition.

What percentage of your non-insulin Diabetic patients know what their A1c result is? Follow the link to respond.

A 75-year-old man presents to your office with complaints of occasional mild hypoglycemia. His current antihyperglycemic regimen includes metformin and nateglinide. You would like to modify his treatment regimen to minimize his risk of hypoglycemia. Which one of the following 2-drug combinations would NOT be a suitable substitution? Follow the link to answer!

Data from a longitudinal study shows that white coat hypertension and masked hypertension are both associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events.

Bernstein’s Diabetes University Videos on YouTube  Our Advisory Board member, Dr. Richard K. Bernstein, has recently created, “Dr. Bernstein’s Diabetes University,” a complete course of video classes geared towards patients, which is now available on Youtube. Dr. Bernstein’s Diabetes University Playlist includes these short videos: “Basic Science of Diabetes,” “Values …

In this week's Homerun Slides, the addition of liraglutide to insulin degludec.

Diabetes in Control publisher Steve Freed met with Dr. Larry Hirsch, Vice President of Global Medical Affairs for the Diabetes Care Business at BD at the 2015 ADA Sessions in Boston. This week, Dr. Hirsch discusses the unexplainable highs, known as silent occlusions, that some patients using pumps may experience.

‘Brittle’ diabetes is a controversial and fortunately uncommon disorder, described especially in the UK and USA, usually occurring in young women, with onset at puberty, and defined as a patient whose life is ‘constantly disrupted by episodes of hypo- or hyperglycemia, whatever their cause.’

Male, 72 years of age, type 2 diabetes, overweight secondary to binge eating disorder. Taking glipizide 20mg daily and metformin 1,000mg twice daily. Hypoglycemic unawareness. Not regularly checking glucose. Recent A1C 6.8%.