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Is high cholesterol associated with risk of type 2, cardiovascular diseases and high mortality rates?

Increasing need for insulin in mothers carrying multiple babies as compared to mothers carrying single.

Is weight control possible in pregnant women?

The diabetes drug may have a beneficial effect on neurodegenerative diseases.

In part 4 of this Exclusive Interview, Dr. Chous discusses his findings during a clinical trial of a multi-component supplement used to intervene in the development of diabetic retinopathy and improve visual function.

This interview is also available as a video: click here to view. Dr. Joseph Aloi, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC. Steve: This is Steve Freed with Diabetes in Control and we’re here at AACE 2016 and we have with us a special guest who’s been working on some unique …

The anti-vascular endothelial growth factor drugs ranibizumab and aflibercept, used to treat vision loss from diabetic macular edema (DME), and approximately 20 to 30 times more expensive than bevacizumab, are not cost-effective for treatment of DME compared to bevacizumab unless their prices decrease substantially, according to a study published online by JAMA Ophthalmology.

In part 3 of this Exclusive Interview, Dr. Chous gives a brief tour of what's on the horizon in treating diabetic eye disease.

Dr. Jovanovic discusses pregancy and prediabetes, and how women's chance of developing type 2 in the future increases after gestational diabetes.

Dr. Jovanovic discusses A1C goals for pregnancy, and how proper A1c control is essential for the health of mother and baby.