Kim A. Carmichael, MD, FACP

In a recent survey of patients with diabetes, 50% of those diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and 75% of those with type 2 diabetes (T2D) remembered their physicians counseling them on the effects of...

Diabetic retinopathy is the most common cause of blindness among persons aged 20 to 74 years in developed countries. The prevalence is greatest among Hispanic adults overall, between 8% and 19% among those...

Insulin is generally recommended as a second-line therapy when non-insulin agents alone or in combination at maximal tolerated doses fail to achieve glucose targets within a 3 to 6 month period.

Prediabetes is associated with serious metabolic issues, including insulin resistance, increased inflammatory mediators, greater hepatic glucose output, and endothelial vasodilator and fibrinolytic...

The most common neurologic symptom among patients with diabetes mellitus is a distal, symmetric, length-dependent sensorimotor polyneuropathy.

Although hemoglobin A1c is usually the best test to estimate the average glycemic control in patients with diabetes, it is unreliable in some clinical circumstances. In select patient populations, measuring...

In LADA, patients appear to have type 2 diabetes phenotypically. They do not, however, have an early requirement for insulin.