The Diabetes Education Follies – Part 4

Dr. Robert Ratner, chief scientific and medical officer for the ADA says, “Many people with type 2 diabetes who are on medications don't...

The Diabetes Education Follies – Part 2

A phrase that Brian Cohen enlightened me with during the last week is "treat to failure" protocol of medications and many other as...

The Diabetes Education Follies – Part 1

When I wrote this blog, I did use the word 'may' instead of 'will' and the more I am seeing and hearing, I am very happy tha...

Diabetes, Why Isn't Medicine Doing What It Should?

This was published in the British Journal of Diabetes and Vascular Disease. Some of you might like to read the article. In reading this, I...

Diabetes Training Programs Are Underused

Study leader Rui Li, who is a researcher with the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion of the Centers for Dis...

We Need Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose Taught

Many government agencies don't want this to happen. Chief among them is the US Dept of Agriculture (USDA) and the National Institute of...

Is Internet DSME Beneficial?

People with type 2 diabetes can benefit from diabetes self-management education (DSME) and it does not need to be taught by certified diabet...

Insulin Type 2 Patients Over 80 Have More Hypoglycemia

You will have to excuse me if I seem to be on a rant. Headlines lately have been so misleading and down right sensationalized that I have t...

Intensive BG Monitoring Is Useful

Granted, I have changed the title from a question to a positive statement. I firmly believe that if the study had been properly set up and ...

Diabetes Type 2 Resources

As much as I rail against the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and their guidelines, it is still important to know what they are advocati...

Being Asked to Speak to Another Group

The weekend after our meeting with the doctor, a group from another town about 20 miles distant, asked Tim and I to speak to them on insulin...

National Standards for DSME and DSMS - Part 5

Part 5 of 6 Parts The eighth standard states, “The participant and instructor(s) will together develop a personalized follow-up plan for ong...

Group Diabetes Education One Time Not Good

Do you feel stressed, irritated, or downright angry when you read some of medical news headlines? I do and I have to read something else to...

The Challenges in Self-Management of Diabetes

Even though this is a small UK study, it could apply to any developed country and fit the conditions found in this study. This study highlig...

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