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Deferoxamine delivered through the skin has the potential to prevent amputations… Stanford University School of Medicine researchers presented results at the American College of Surgeons Annual Clinical Congress showing they have developed a drug delivered via a skin patch that can heal wounds and prevent those wounds from reoccurring. Geoffrey …

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In this week’s Homerun Slides, Dr. Stanley Schwartz tackles the topic of the best blood glucose levels for a hospital setting. He presents data from several different studies including First DIGAMI and the Portland Diabetic Project, as well as several others in his discussion of this important subject… To download …

Rudy Bilous, MD, FRCP Richard Donnelly, MD, PHD, FRCP, FRACP Symptoms, signs and classification Diabetes is one of the most common causes of peripheral neuropathy, a term that encompasses a heterogeneous group of disorders (Figure 17.1). In population-based surveys, up to one-third of patients with diabetes have evidence of peripheral neuropathy but …

In this week’s Homerun Slides, courtesy Dr. Stanley Schwartz, we delve deeper into the possible explanations for the increase in mortality with tight glycemic control in the ACCORD trial as well as the effects of hypoglycemia on the cardiovascular system…. To download the complete set of these slides in PowerPoint (.ppt) …

In this week’s Homerun Slides, courtesy Dr. Stanley Schwartz, we continue our examination of diabetes from a cardiologist’s perspective with topics including the Factors Contributing to Cardiometabolic Risk and the Pathophysiology of Diabetic Complications: Implications for Goals of Therapy…. To download the complete set of these slides in PowerPoint (.ppt) …

Rudy Bilous, MD, FRCP Richard Donnelly, MD, PHD, FRCP, FRACP Diabetic eye disease primarily affects the retinal vasculature, but the iris and lens can also be involved. Most people with diabetes will show signs of retinopathy after 25 years duration, but only a minority progress to the severest form. Photocoagulation has revolutionized …

  Gastric bypass surgery shows better outcomes for long-term weight loss, controlling type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and cholesterol level…. Puzziferri and colleagues conducted a clinical review of 29 studies (7,971 patients) looking at outcomes of gastric bypass, gastric band or sleeve gastrectomy on patients with BMI ≥35 at 1 year …

Black Americans on Medicare are three times more likely than other patients to lose a leg to amputation because of complications with diabetes and peripheral arterial disease…. Even low-risk black patients with diabetes and peripheral arterial disease faced a higher risk of amputation than most nonblack patients, according to a …

In this week’s slide series, courtesy Dr. Stanley Schwartz, we review some of the basics of diabetes mellitus but this time from a cardiologist’s perspective, focusing in on the connections between diabetes and heart disease…. To download the complete set of these slides in PowerPoint (.ppt) format, just use this …