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Dr. McCulloch shares his strategies for working with patients to inspire them towards healthier lifestyles. Finding out about the patient’s life, including their daily routines, when they eat and exercise, and what is important in their life, are key to understanding each individual patient and then helping them change their …

Dr. McCulloch talks about why he thinks Shared Medical Appointments (SMA’s) or Group Appointments are a great idea. From his own experience both participating and designing SMA’s, he outlines the benefits including the fact that, despite the prevalence of diabetes in society, many patients feel quite isolated. Communicating in a …

Dr. McCulloch discusses the differences between the British healthcare system (NHS) and the American system, and explains why he believes a single-payer system can work. He also asserts that patient care should be results-based and providers should be reimbursed according to the quality of their care, rather than the quantity. …

Starting and correcting multiple daily injections   This we have Part 4 of our Homerun Slides series on Starting Basal and Bolus Insulins, with topics covered including the different insulin pens available from Novo and Lilly, Starting MDI, and Correction Bolus Formula….

Dr. David McCulloch introduces himself and confirms that he is from the U.K. but now lives in Seattle, Washington, where is part of the Group Health team serving between 25,000 and 30,000 patients with diabetes. More videos with Dr. McCulloch: Dave McCulloch, MD, Q2: The Most Important Innovations in Diabetes …

Amy P. Campbell, MS, RD, CDE, and Richard S. Beaser, M.D.  The weeks excerpt answers the following questions: How to teach your patients to read food labels What "dietetic" foods actually are How much alcohol will affect blood sugars How to use insulin if fasting  When and how to use …

The human body is able to maintain tight control of blood glucose despite varying glucose consumption, production, and utilization. Two key players involved in maintaining glucose homeostasis are the liver and the hormone insulin which affect each other through various direct and indirect mechanisms…. Insulin Physiology and Metabolism by the …

Diabetes In Control fully supports our medical professional readers watching this video, and always considering all of the available and relevant data before prescribing any medications.

A recent landmark decision by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) represents an important first step toward addressing one of the great ironies of American health care….

We have known that people with diabetes are at risk for depression, but now we are seeing that those with depression are at greater risk for diabetes….