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This week George Bakris, MD, does some quick math to determine the cost of diabetes as it relates to dialysis and contemplates the future of dialysis equipment. He also shares current dialysis treatment options that may offer some flexibility to patient currently bound to visiting treatment centers....

This week George Bakris, MD, explains microalbuminuria as a sign of kidney disease and how often to test for it. He also ponders the questions of how do you determine if the patient is at risk for nephropathy and what do you do if they are....

This week George Bakris, MD, does some quick math to determine the cost of diabetes as it relates to dialysis and contemplates the future of dialysis equipment. He also shares current dialysis treatment options that may offer some flexibility to patient currently bound to visiting treatment centers….

George Bakris, MD, continues his discussion with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed. This week, the focus is why certain ethnic groups are more suscepticle to developing kidney disease, with or without diabetes. With the detection of the gene leading to kidney disease, more aggressive preventative treatment can be implemented …

George Bakris, MD, continues his discussion with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed on lowering blood pressure and the “white coat” effect. Is this something that can be overcome? Dr. Bakris shares some interesting findings…

George Bakris, MD, sits down with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed to discuss the effects of SGLT2 drugs on the kidneys and how it can be effective at dispelling sodium and lowering the blood pressure. He also talks about another method of blood pressure monitoring that gives a more …

Dr. Paolo Fiorina talks about the process of stem cell therapy and how the researchers have found a way to use a patient’s own bone marrow stem cells. This also prevents an autoimmune response attacking the cells. Dr. Fiorina discusses how he would like to start fully testing this new …

Dr. Paolo Fiorina explains how, after 30 years of research into the potential of stem cell therapy and immunotherapy for curing type 1 diabetes, new developments in these fields are offering genuine hope for the first time. In a recent study with about 60 type 1 patients, significant progress was …

Firas El-Khatib, PhD, explains some of the details of how the current bionic pancreas works – with three devices – and how a future design will probably only have two devices with a combination insulin/glucagon pump system. He says that, although the bionic device is not a cure, it is …

Firas El-Khatib, PhD, gives us a short introduction to himself and then explains some of his work developing the bionic pancreas focusing especially on the challenges of developing an algorithm. He also discusses the very positive results of the most recent study where patients were able to fully utilize the …