On a typical outpatient day, my patients and families are always asking me about the best way to improve diabetes management. As I have stated multiple times, administration of insulin in combination with diet, exercise, and frequent blood glucose monitoring is the ticket! There is a plethora of insulin regimens, nutritional guidelines, and... Read more
It is one week later and I am relieved to be working on my home computer. In fact, I am relieved to to be in my house without sweating or watching Knickers’ endless panting. If you were not aware of the Washington area’s latest natural disaster, I will get you quickly informed. On Friday evening, June 29, residents in the midAtlantic... Read more
Perhaps one of the most applicable tidbits from the Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association meetings last week was information I picked up from the first Symposium on Friday afternoon: Pre-Diabetes/Diabetes and Exercise. (As we sat in a darkened lecture hall for the 3-hour session, the thought of doing exercise was actually a... Read more
The evidence is compelling. Bariatric Surgery does work to enable weight loss and remission of diabetes. Much has been written on this subject and most recently a paper was published in the New England Journal of Medicine, “Bariatric Surgery versus Intensive Medical Therapy in Obese Patients with Diabetes,” by Schauer, Kashyap, Wolski... Read more
I wanted to tell you about more highlights from the American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions. One highlight of the conference, that was actually not particularly good news, was the discussion of the Type 1 Diabetes Registry created by The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust. The philanthropic organization funded the Jaeb... Read more
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