Insulin Therapy Perspective

• DIY Artificial Pancreas: Patients Aren't Waiting for Us   Are you familiar with the DIY artificial pancreas? Drs Shubrook and Rayhan Lal discuss this growing movement.
  Medscape Family Medicine, October 2018
• Cutting Costs in Diabetes Care   The WHO issues guidelines that can be used to manage diabetes in economically disadvantaged populations.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, October 2018
• Finding the Sweet Spot of Primary Care Diabetes Management   What does KISSing have to do with it? Dr Kwabena Adubofour shares his pointers for successful diabetes management.
  Medscape Family Medicine, September 2018
• Diabetes Patients Beg, Ration Insulin in Cost Crisis The high cost of insulin is driving some patients to reuse supplies and hoard insulin, with serious health implications -- sometimes even death.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, September 2018
• A Clinician's Guide to the Latest Diabetes Devices With the dizzying array of new options in diabetes management and rapidly advancing CGM technology, the fingerstick may soon be obsolete.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, September 2018
• Diabetes Technology Advances: It's a Whole New World for Kids   There are myriad technology advances that are making the management of diabetes in children both easier and more complicated.
  CHOP Expert Commentary, August 2018
• Is One Basal Insulin Just Like Another?   A new review suggests that we may be fooling ourselves by rating one high-priced insulin over another.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, August 2018
• 'Life Behind the 8-Ball': Kids With Type 2 Diabetes   Especially in underserved areas of Mississippi, children with type 2 diabetes face an uphill battle, and clinicians have to arm them appropriately for the fight.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, August 2018
• 'Whatever It Takes': Helping Patients Afford Insulin   Anne Peters and Irl Hirsch discuss alternatives to pricey analog insulins.
  Endocrine Society, July 2018
• Hypoglycemia, 25 Years After DCCT A new European consortium aims to help clinicians understand the underlying mechanisms and predictors of hypoglycemia in patients with type 1 diabetes.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, June 2018
• Congress to Help Medicare Patients Obtain Diabetes Supplies A cost-cutting strategy adopted several years ago, called the competitive bidding program, caused access issues for many patients with diabetes; Congress is now trying to remedy the problem.
  Endocrine Society, June 2018
• Formulary Snafus In an era of competing formularies and demands for preauthorization, taking a prescription to the pharmacy is often the beginning of a frustrating misadventure for patients and physicians alike.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, June 2018
• Choosing Insulin: A New Wrinkle   Dr Arefa Cassoobhoy reviews a whitepaper on the affordability of insulin and how this affects treatment adherence.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, June 2018
• Sometimes Doctors Need to Be Nudged A good electronic record system can help doctors remember to do what they wanted to do anyway.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, April 2018
• DUPC 2018 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from DUPC 2018
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, March 2018
• SGLT2 Inhibitors in Type 1 Diabetes Are SGLT2 inhibitors safe and effective in patients with type 1 diabetes?
  Medscape Pharmacists, March 2018
• Which CGM for Which Diabetes Patient?   Dr Peters clarifies the pros and cons of the Dexcom and FreeStyle Libre continuous glucose monitors for patients with diabetes.
  Endocrine Society, February 2018
• Prostate Cancer Care Is 'Changing Rapidly': ESMO 2017   Exciting research presented at ESMO 2017 will likely affect clinical practice in metastatic prostate cancer, says Dr Johann de Bono.
  Medscape Oncology, November 2017
• 'Now Is the Time to Learn' About CGM   The FreeStyle Libre, a newly approved device for continuous glucose monitoring, is a big advance for people with diabetes who want to avoid finger sticks, says Dr Anne Peters.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, November 2017
• Ultra-fast Insulins Curb Mealtime Spikes   Faster-acting insulins are especially beneficial for patients on continuous glucose monitors who are keeping track of glucose peaks and valleys.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, October 2017