This 15-minute case presents the identification of problematic hypoglycemia and the appropriate use and monitoring of different technologies in the context of reducing the occurrence and risk of hypoglycemia.
Insulin-naive adults with type 2 diabetes derive greater benefit from treatment with insulin degludec than from insulin glargine 300 units/mL, results from the US clinical practice-based CONFIRM study show.
A modeling study predicts a greater than 20% increased need for insulin to treat patients with type 2 diabetes over the next 22 years, with implications for medication access.
Insulin manipulation, the practice of deliberately under- or overdosing insulin, is strongly associated with psychiatric comorbidity in children and young adults with type 1 diabetes, Austrian research shows.
Editorial Board member Jay Shubrook succinctly delivers his strategies for initiating insulin therapy for the first time in patients with type 2 diabetes [read more].
In this paper, the authors report on the current scientific evidence on the effectiveness of continuous glucose monitoring sensor technology in the prevention of severe hypoglycemia and hypoglycemia unawareness [read more]. Lucidi P et al. Curr Diab Rep 2018; 18: 83. doi: 10.1007/s11892-018-1065-6
Advisory Board member Theresa Smyth tackles an emergency case involving a type 2 diabetes patient on a new diet and treated with empagliflozin. What went wrong and how should he be managed? [Read more].
Editorial Board member Lori Berard discusses how to meet and overcome the challenges that follow the initial insulin prescription in patients with type 2 diabetes [listen to the interview 11:53].
The authors examined the relationship between sleep disturbance and self-care in adults with type 2 diabetes, including both subjective and objective sleep assessments and controlling for potential covariates [read more]. Zhu B et al. Acta Diabetol 2018. doi: 10.1007/s00592-018-1181-4
Insulin-naive adults with type 2 diabetes derive greater benefit from treatment with insulin degludec than from insulin glargine 300 units/mL, results from the US clinical practice-based CONFIRM study show.
The DREAM5 randomized trial has confirmed the efficacy of closed-loop insulin delivery with the MD-logic algorithm in adolescents and young adults without remote monitoring.
Fast-acting insulin aspart is as effective as insulin aspart for glucose control when used for continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion in adults with type 1 diabetes, results of the onset 5 study show.
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