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Multidisciplinary Roundtable: Diabetes

The Multidisciplinary Approach to Managing People With Diabetes, Guidelines for Care

In this video roundtable discussion, Carol Wysham, MD, interviews Eugene E. Wright, Jr., MD, and Hope Warshaw, MMSc, RD, CDCES, BC-ADM, about the multidisciplinary approach to managing people with diabetes and guidelines for care, including the value of utilizing the services of a certified diabetes care and education specialist, the pharmacologic approaches to managing patients with diabetes, and more.

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Informed Decision-Making With Patients About GLP-1s

09/27/2024

There are “myths” that surround the use of GLP-1 receptor agonists among patients, and it is a health care provider’s role to help their patients understand the benefits and adverse effects of these...

09/27/2024

Pop Quiz

The Main Objective of the ADA Diabetes Technology Interest Group

09/18/2024

Contained within the American Diabetes Association (ADA) are a total of 16 interest groups, with group that focuses on diabetes technology. What is the main objective of the ADA Diabetes Technology Interest...

09/18/2024

Video

Use of Diabetes Technologies and the Development of Diabetic Retinopathy in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes

09/16/2024

Risa M. Wolf, MD

In this video, Risa M. Wolf, MD, speaks about her team's study that examined the use of diabetes technologies—continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) and insulin pumps—and whether that was associated with the...

09/16/2024

Interactive Features

Poll

Informed Decision-Making With Patients About GLP-1s

09/27/2024

Pop Quiz

The Main Objective of the ADA Diabetes Technology Interest Group

09/18/2024

Clinical Insights

Video

Use of Diabetes Technologies and the Development of Diabetic Retinopathy in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes

09/16/2024

Risa M. Wolf, MD

09/16/2024

Conference Coverage

Key Approaches to Managing Diabetic Foot Infection

09/07/2024

In her session at the Spring Symposium on Advanced Wound Care in National Harbor, Maryland, Mary Bessesen, MD, focuses on the basic principles for diagnosing diabetic foot infections and reviews the key...

09/07/2024

Podcast

What is the ADA Diabetes Technology Interest Group?

08/19/2024

In this podcast, Viral Shah MD, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the Indiana University School of Medicine and Chair of the American Diabetes Association (ADA)...

08/19/2024

PODCAST

Smart Pens and Pen Caps for Managing Patients With Diabetes

08/07/2024

Diana Isaacs, PharmD, CDCES

In this podcast, Diana Isaacs, PharmD, CDCES, talks about smart insulin pens and pen caps and how they can help patients with diabetes manage their insulin. Dr Isaacs discusses the benefits of using this...

08/07/2024

Podcast

The Management of Diabetes in Women Who Are Pregnant

07/29/2024

Jennifer Smith RD, LD, CDCES

In this podcast, Jennifer Smith, RD, LD, CDCES, discusses the management of diabetes in women who are pregnant, including the changes women with diabetes should expect during pregnancy, post-partum, and...

07/29/2024

Diabetes Snapshot

Reviewed by Kim Carmichael, MD

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Diabetes occurs when an individual has chronically elevated blood sugar levels, which may lead to adverse effects on the heart, eyes, and kidneys, among other organs.

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Diabetes is classified as type 1, in which an individual's pancreas produces little to no insulin, or type 2 diabetes, in which an individual's body becomes resistant to or does not produce enough insulin.

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Primary care providers, endocrinologists, ophthalmologists, optometrists, podiatrists, pharmacists, dieticians and nutritionists, certified diabetes care and education specialists, psychiatrists, psychologists, physical trainers

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Symptoms may include frequent urination, thirst, uncontrolled weight loss, hunger, blurred vision, numb/tingling hands or feet, fatigue, dry skin, sores, and an increased number of infections.

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Nausea, vomiting, and stomach pains are often symptoms of uncontrolled diabetes. People with type 2 diabetes may not have symptoms.

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An A1C test, fasting blood sugar test, glucose tolerance test, and random blood sugar test are all tools utilized to diagnose diabetes.

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More than 1 in 10 people in the United States have diabetes.
95% of people with diabetes have type 2 diabetes, while 5% have type 1 diabetes.

Research Summaries

Roundtable Wrap-Up

Roundtable Wrap-Up

The Role of a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist in Managing Patients With Diabetes

07/19/2024

In this Roundtable Wrap-Up, we offer an abbreviated version of the roundtable discussion on the multidisciplinary approach to managing patients with diabetes and the value of utilizing the services of a...

07/19/2024

research summary

research summary

Treatment Modification Is Common Among Patients With T2D for Second-Line Medications

06/18/2024

In a recent retrospective cohort study, researchers examined changes in the medication regimens of patients with type 2 diabetes following the initiation of second-line therapy.

06/18/2024

Conference Coverage

Is There an Association Between Semaglutide Usage and Additional Surgical Interventions Following Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion?

05/22/2024

Anthony Calabro, MA

Researchers investigated semaglutide’s impact on weight-related muscle loss and its potential impact on spinal surgical outcomes, specifically transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion.

05/22/2024

COVID-19 Roundup

Record Low COVID-19 Hospitalizations, Metformin Reduces SARS-Cov-2 Viral Load, Low Mortality Rates in Older Patients Taking Remdesivir, and More

05/21/2024

Anthony Calabro, MA

In this COVID-19 roundup, the CDC reports a record low number of COVID-19 hospitalizations, metformin reduces the likelihood of SARS-CoV-2 Viral load and rebound, remdesivir reduces mortality in older...

05/21/2024

Research summary

The Association Between Patients With Diabetic Retinopathy and Quality of Life

04/10/2024

Jessica Ganga

A team of researchers sought to establish the association between patients with diabetic retinopathy and quality of life, including vision-related quality of life.

04/10/2024

September 2024

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September 2024

Volume 64

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