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By popular demand: updated Insulin chart with all the new insulins, showing the onset, peak and duration of action. Now also includes Walmart's ReliOn brand.

Our chart can help you choose the best SGLT-2 inhibitor for your particular patient.

Download the SGLT-2 inhibitors chart (PDF format)

Type 1 diabetes doesn’t always qualify for disability benefits, but some people are able to receive monthly disability benefits from the Social Security Administration (SSA).

Lowering your blood sugars and controlling your diabetes will earn you lower life insurance premiums. Read on to find out why and how. 

This calculator from Verywell Fit tells your patients how many calories they are burning according to the type of exercise they are performing and the length of time.

This GLP-1 Agonist Medications Chart outlines the latest GLP-1 medications approved by the FDA for diabetes treatment and the differences and similarities between them. Print out this chart and post in your office as a handy reference for your staff and patients alike. The chart is in PDF format. Use this link to download: GLP-1 Agonist Medications Chart

The community services that the Medical Fitness Network provides will allow people with diabetes to select a knowledgeable team of fitness and wellness professionals to help improve and maintain their well-being over a lifetime.

You have to love it when research studies come out and prove what you believed all along. I had this experience recently when a systematic review and meta-analysis (looking at the results from multiple studies simultaneously) e-published ahead of print in Emergency Medicine Journal in September 2016 (1) compared the speed of glucose tablets against dietary sugars for treating hypoglycemia in adults who had symptoms of being low. The dietary forms of sugar tested included sucrose (table sugar), fructose (fruit sugar), orange juice (containing fructose), jelly beans, Mentos, cornstarch hydrolysate, Skittles, and milk.

This chart provides carbohydrates and calories per volume for common alcoholic beverages, including beer, wine, and mixed drinks.

Knowing the stability of their insulin medications is key to patients’ ability to control their blood sugar levels. When should your patients dispose of their insulin if refrigerated, non-refrigerated, opened or still sealed? Print out this stability chart of vials and insulin pens to hand out to your patients. Insulin Stability …