Diabetes

The other day, I had an appointment with a patient with type 1 diabetes who had been using an insulin pump for more than one year . . .

A prescription refill error caught at pickup shows how easily two formulations of Rybelsus can be mixed up while both remain on pharmacy shelves.

What matters is not just how much mass the body carries. But what that mass is.

New research found that post-menopausal women had a higher risk of retinopathy, cardiovascular disease, neuropathy, falls, and moderate-to-severe depressive symptoms.

These medications delay gastric emptying, which increases the risk of residual gastric contents despite standard fasting in the perioperative setting.

Get the info you need on these new drug indications as part of our September drug news roundup.

When it comes to healthy diets, it’s not just about calories and nutrients anymore.

Preventing lower limb amputation starts with screening, offloading and rapid access to a multidisciplinary team for wounds. 

Recently, I was approached by a colleague who had seen a patient with type 1 diabetes using a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist in combination with basal bolus insulin to manage their glucose levels.

In a small randomized study, this dietary approach was associated with reduced insulin doses and treatment costs, without restricting calories or carbohydrates.