Diabetes

Disease State Hub

Polls

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Lifestyle Change Advice for Patients with Type 1 Diabetes

03/24/2024

Do you offer lifestyle-changing advice to your patients with type 1 diabetes? Take the poll and let us know!

03/24/2024

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Prescribing Metformin to Prevent Diabetes in Patients

03/14/2024

Prediabetes is recognized as a serious health condition in the United States. In your opinion, should metformin be prescribed to patients with prediabetes to prevent progression to diabetes mellitus?

03/14/2024

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Using Telehealth For A Growing Diabetes Patient Population

12/29/2023

Robin Gal, MSPH, CCRA • Grazia Aleppo, MD, FACE, FACP •  Teresa McArthur, MS, RD, CDCES

Robin Gal, MSPH, CCRA • Grazia Aleppo, MD, FACE, FACP •  Teresa McArthur, MS, RD, CDCES...

Researchers studied the use of a telehealth model to help clinicians care for patients with diabetes who may not have access to endocrinology care. Do you believe this is an adequate way to help this...

12/29/2023

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The Use of a Telehealth Model to Assist in Diabetes Management

12/22/2023

Robin Gal, MSPH, CCRA • Grazia Aleppo, MD, FACE, FACP •  Teresa McArthur, MS, RD, CDCES

Robin Gal, MSPH, CCRA • Grazia Aleppo, MD, FACE, FACP •  Teresa McArthur, MS, RD, CDCES...

Researchers studied the use of a telehealth model for the care and self-management of patients with diabetes. Is a telehealth model something you would consider using in your practice?

12/22/2023

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Artificial Pancreas Systems

01/20/2023

It has been debated whether single- vs dual-hormone artificial pancreas systems are better for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Tell us what you think via our latest poll.

01/20/2023

Type 2 Diabetes

Poll: HbA1c Targets in Type 2 Diabetes

10/07/2019

Several recent guidelines have given different recommendations for HbA1c targets in type 2 diabetes. In your experience, what HbA1c targets tend to yield the best outcomes in the majority of patients with...

10/07/2019

PTSD

Poll: What May Explain the PTSD-Diabetes Relationship?

08/29/2018

A new study published in JAMA Psychiatry has indicated that what condition may significantly moderate the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder and type 2 diabetes?

08/29/2018

Diabetes Q&A

Poll: Diabetes Meds and Amputation Risk

08/22/2018

What class of diabetes drugs may be associated with an increased risk of amputation?

08/22/2018

Diabetes Q&A

Poll: Existing Screening Criteria and Missed Diabetes Cases

08/07/2018

According to a recent study, current screening recommendations for dysglycemia prevention could miss approximately how many US adults with prediabetes or undiagnosed diabetes?

08/07/2018

Diabetes

Poll: Optimal Diet for Glycemic Control

07/12/2018

According to recent research, which diet is likely superior to guideline-recommended diabetic diets for optimal HbA1c control?

07/12/2018

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.

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