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Robert A. Gabbay, M.D., Ph.D., talks about the challenges diabetes professionals will be facing in the coming years including helping patients to take advantage of tools that are already available to them. But he points out that the biggest challenge will continue to be figuring out how to guide people …

Robert A. Gabbay, M.D., Ph.D., talks about the huge challenges posed by the diabetes epidemic and some of the innovative solutions that public health officials are using to fight the disease’s spread in our society. He also notes that the food and agriculture industries are often promoting some of the …

Robert A. Gabbay, M.D., Ph.D., talks about how medical schools are adjusting their curriculums to cover topics important in today’s medical system including more focus on nutrition science and preparing younger physicians to work within a team framework. He notes that many of these shifts in the system will work …

In this week’s Homerun Slides from Dr. Stanley Schwartz, we continue our discussion of medications, including the SGLT2 inhibitor canagliflozin and the central dopamine agonist bromocriptine. We then begin to delve into therapy for type 2 diabetes, targets for glycemic control, and targeting postprandial glucose….

Ramzi Ajjan, MRCP, Med Sci, PhD   Acute confusion in an 82-year-old with known type 2 diabetes Brian, an 82-year-old gentleman with known type 2 diabetes, is brought to A&E with general deterioration and acute confusion. What differential diagnoses would you consider and what would you do?…

 Learning to overcome barriers that interfere with a more physically active lifestyle is a critical part of effective diabetes self-management, especially when health complications like neuropathy, nephropathy, and retinopathy make being active more challenging1.

Retina Camera  A new optical device the size of a hand held video camera from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology can scan an entire retina in seconds. This device combines ultra high-speed 3D imaging, a tiny micro-electro mechanical systems mirror for scanning, and corrective techniques for unintentional movements in a …

The drug, a sodium glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor, will be supplied as a tablet and is approved for treatment of type 2 diabetes in adults, along with diet and exercise…. 

The therapy, DV-0100, halts the body’s autoimmune reaction against the pancreatic islet cells…. 

Is there an association between total energy intake, energy density, dietary nutrient intakes and risk markers for T2DM in children?…