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Adapted from Diabetes in Older Adults: A Consensus Report, Journal of the American Geriatric Society Insulin therapy can be used to achieve glycemic goals in selected older adults with type 2 diabetes with similar efficacy and hypoglycemia risk as in younger patients.

Several risk factors for CV disease are also risk factors for cataract…. 

Patients with Barrett’s esophagus who also have diabetes are at increased risk for the esophageal disease to progress to dysplasia or cancer…. 

Even people who didn’t have type 2 diabetes but had blood sugar at the high end of the normal range performed worse on memory tests….

Risk of progression more than doubled….

Trabecular bone score worsens in type 2 diabetes patients….

It has not been demonstrated that in overweight or obese people high-intensity interval training is better than moderate-intensity exercise in inducing weight loss except for….

Barbara J. Anderson, PhD, CDE and Abigail K. Mansfield Marcaccio, PhD The week’s excerpt answers the following questions: What is "Miscarried Helping"? What are the steps in preventing "Miscarried Helping"? How can you foster an open provider-patient relationship? What are the steps to preventing diabetes "burnout"? How can primary care …

Complications from surgical wound closure occur three times higher in diabetic patients with high blood glucose levels…. 

      By Sheri Colberg, PhD   Up to 40% of individuals with diabetes may experience peripheral neuropathy, and 60% of lower extremity amputations are related to suboptimal blood glucose control1,2.