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Dr. Garren Woodby

posted 04/21/2008, comments (0)

Do you know the ABCs of Diabetes ?

My goal is to make living with diabetes more simple. For three of the major health issues with diabetes, it's as simple as A B C. A is for A1C. This is the blood test that can tell how well, on average, your blood glucose control has been over the last 3-4 months. The American Diabetes Association recommends** that the A1C be... Read more Chevron

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Dr. Bill Quick

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posted 04/20/2008, comments (6)

SMBG for T2: A help or a hindrance?

The British Medical Journal has just published two interesting articles and an editorial: Efficacy of self monitoring of blood glucose in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes (ESMON study): randomised controlled trial and Cost effectiveness of self monitoring of blood glucose in patients with non-insulin treated type 2 diabetes: economic... Read more Chevron

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David Mendosa

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posted 04/18/2008, comments (5)

Exercise and Peripheral Arterial Disease

Since I knew almost nothing about peripheral arterial disease (PAD), I jumped at the chance to talk with Dr. Michael Jaff a few days ago. He is the medical director of the Vascular Diagnostic Laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital and a specialist in treating PAD.Diabetes often causes it, and it is so often undiagnosed that only... Read more Chevron

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posted 04/15/2008, comments (0)

Metformin and the risk of lactic acidosis

I received an interesting question by e-mail recently, which brought up several good points to review. The author asked: "Can a patient use metformin after a heart attack (after 12 years of using metformin) assuming the patient has good renal function? My question is if metformin should be avoided forever after an acute myocardial infarction... Read more Chevron

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posted 04/14/2008, comments (0)

Improve Your Sugar Readings By 150 Points!

Sorry for the teaser, but this is so important.Twice recently I've worked with patients who said their glucometer was reading 100-150 points higher than it should. In both cases the patient had already compared their glucometer to another one before they came to see me. Can you guess what the problem was? In these cases the person had... Read more Chevron

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