Resources

Management of Glycemia During Hospitalization and Surgery    Do you have three minutes to improve your patients’ care? In this week’s Clinical Text excerpt, we begin a new series with The Diabetes Ready Reference for Nurse Practitioners. Please take a few minutes to check out our first selection which provides …

  With this selection of Homerun Slides, we have the latest position statement from the ADA/EASD on the Management of Hyperglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Topics covered in this set include, A Patient-Centered Approach and Background….

By Wael Diab, RPh, PharmD Candidate University of Colorado College of Pharmacy The pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes mellitus is complex, consisting of far more physiologic defects than simple insulin resistance and beta-cell dysfunction….

New Insulin Dosing Software Approved for Pediatrics  Glytec adds pediatric insulin dosing to its IV and subcutaneous use. Glytec’s Glucommander was the first insulin dosing software to be cleared for adult (ages 18+) intravenous use; it is the only company to achieve specific FDA clearance for subcutaneous use, and now …

Telemedicine has proven to be an acceptable means of providing affordable and accessible care to patients in remote areas where endocrine care is not available….

“Diabetes threatens to destroy the health care system”….

Obese individuals completed a 1-year study and lost a mean 35.6% of excess body weight taking…. 

According to a recent Health System lab study high fat foods can have damaging effects on those with diabetes and metabolic syndrome…. 

An experimental bariatric duodenal-jejunal bypass surgery activates novel nutrient-sensing signals in the jejunum and rapidly lowers blood sugar levels…. 

Two new studies have shown that therapies designed to reduce body weight in obese patients also result in significant reductions in blood pressure….