Diabetes
Medical Education Library
Introduction
Applied Evidence
Glycemic variability: Too often overlooked in type 2 diabetes?
Look beyond the HbA1c average, and consider introducing insulin earlier in the disease process.
Clinical Inquiries
Which women should we screen for gestational diabetes mellitus?
News
New Data Challenge 130 mm Hg As Systolic BP Target in Diabetes
Applied Evidence
Insulin therapy for type 2 diabetes: Making it work
Initiating and advancing insulin therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes can be challenging. Here’s how to overcome the barriers that may arise...
Applied Evidence
A new glucose monitoring option
These new devices allow patients to measure glucose continuously, via a tiny sensor in the skin. Here’s how they work, and which patients may...
Applied Evidence
Diabetic foot care: Tips and tools to streamline your approach
Whether you’re assessing risk, focusing on prevention, or treating an ulcer, this update—and handy treatment mnemonic—will help you optimize your...
Medical Verdicts
Car crash blamed on lack of post-test monitoring
Applied Evidence
DPP-4 Inhibitors: A New Therapeutic Class for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes
PURLs
Glucose control: How low should you go with the critically ill?
Being too aggressive in lowering blood sugar levels of ICU patients may increase their risk of death, a new study shows.
PURLs
Initiating antidepressant therapy? Try these 2 drugs first
For most patients, sertraline and escitalopram are more effective and better tolerated than other antidepressants.