Resources

Is there such a thing as “pre-gestational diabetes”? Steve Freed asks and Lynne Raphael, RD, CDE, and Cathy Wielgus, RN, CDE, explain that, ideally, women should begin managing their diabetes before conception, in order to maximize the chances of having a normal weight baby. However, many of the women who they …

Lynne Raphael, MMSc, RD, LD, CDE, and Cathy Wielgus, MSN, BSN, RN, CDE, discuss the latest guidelines for diabetes in pregnancy and how clinicians can help their patients adhere to these rules….

Lynne Raphael, RD, CDE, and Cathy Wielgus, RN, CDE, talk about what intensive management of diabetes in pregnancy actually means. Most attention in the past has focused on the mother’s health, and diabetes management has not always included the fetus. Now, research is showing that GDM can affect the health …

Lynne Raphael, MMSc, RD, LD, CDE, and Cathy Wielgus, MSN, BSN, RN, CDE, introduce themselves and explain a little about their presentation (at the 2012 AADE) on, “Innovative Strategies for the Intensive Management of Diabetes in Pregnancy.” More videos with Lynne Raphael and Cathy Wielgus: What Does Intensive Management of Diabetes …

Anne Peters, MD, and Lori Laffel, MD, MPH, editors Jane Lee Chiang, MD, managing editor   Introduction Jeremy Hodson Pettus, MD, and Steven Edelman, MD   The discovery of insulin over 90 years ago remains one of the greatest success stories in the history of medicine.

  This week, we wrap up our series of Homerun Slides on Quality Measures, with summaries of the commonalities and differences across both cholesterol and diabetes measures, as well as a comparison between the two….

  Liptruzet® – A Lipid-lowering Combination  The FDA has approved a new lipid-lowering combination tablet (Liptruzet) that includes atorvastatin and ezetimibe. The tablet is available as a once-daily tablet containing 10 mg of ezetimibe combined with 10, 20, 40, or 80 mg of atorvastatin, can be used to treat elevated …

Joint research by the Japan Diabetes Society and the Japanese Cancer Association has found that people with diabetes run a 20 percent higher risk of contracting cancer….

After extending incubation period for cultures, non-tuberculous mycobacteria cutaneous infection was found on woman injecting insulin through clothing….

Partial replacement of carbohydrates with unsaturated fat may improve insulin sensitivity in a population at risk for cardiovascular disease….