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Tag Archives: Type 2 Diabetes
Guidelines for Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes in Children
Well, we did it. The United States has reached a critical mass of children developing type 2 diabetes. One out of three children diagnosed with diabetes today are diagnosed with type 2. That’s a very scary statistic. It’s what drove … Continue reading
New Drug for Type 2 Diabetes Approved by the FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved Johnson & Johnson’s first of a new class of anti-diabetes drugs, called Invokana, to treat type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes affects about 24 million people and accounts for more than 90 … Continue reading
For Type 2–Once on Insulin, Always on Insulin?
At present, a life of insulin therapy is guaranteed if you have type 1 diabetes. This isn’t always the case if you have type 2 diabetes, however. People with type 2 diabetes may use insulin at varying points in their … Continue reading
ADA 2013 Standards of Medical Care for Pediatrics and Young Adults
The American Diabetes Association has released their 2013 Standards of Medical Care. Not too much changed this year in the Standards of Care for children and adolescents, with only four revisions to cover. One of the most important changes was … Continue reading
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Tagged children with diabetes, Standards of Care, Type 1 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes
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2013 Standards of Medical Care In Diabetes
Every year the American Diabetes Association publishes its Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes, updated recommendations for health care providers to use when treating people with diabetes, in a supplement to the January issue of Diabetes Care. It provides guidelines … Continue reading
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Tagged management of diabetes, Standards of Care, Type 1 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes
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Ask Joslin: How Should I Time My Meals and My Type 2 Diabetes Medications?
People with type 2 diabetes may take up to three or four oral medications, insulin or an incretin to control their blood glucose levels. Oral medications usually work through different pathways in the body and attack high glucose levels from … Continue reading
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Tagged Ask Joslin, medications and meals, Type 2 Diabetes, type 2 medications
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Targets for Control for People with Type 2 Diabetes
A joint position paper by American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) questions the veracity of a one size fits all specific A1C target for non-pregnant patients with type 2 diabetes. Instead it … Continue reading
Interested in Incretins? Learn More Here
One of the fastest growing medication classes for people with type 2 diabetes are the incretins. Injectable like insulin but without two of insulin’s less desirable side effects, weight gain and risk of hypoglycemia, they are becoming a drug of … Continue reading
Is It Really Type 2?
The diagnosis of a child with type 1 diabetes is usually straightforward. The symptoms are classic and well-known to any physician—polydipsia, polyphagia, and polyuria: the child with uncontrolled blood sugars is forever thirsty, hungry and running to the bathroom to … Continue reading
Powered Up Pen or Pump on Training Wheels? A New Insulin Delivery Device for People With Type 2
There is a new category of insulin device on the market that is aimed at patients with type 2 diabetes. It’s a disposable insulin delivery device, and right now there is only one vendor supplying this product, but if the … Continue reading
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Tagged insulin pen, insulin pump, Type 2 Diabetes, type 2 insulin delivery
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