Today, CBC news posted an article about a Nova Scotia school which has refused to provide insulin injections for an 8 year-old recently diagnosed diabetic girl. Although her mother, Alana Hart, leaves her job at lunch to inject the girl, she is worried that if she is unable to do so that her daughter won’t [...]
Continuing Education Program – Insulin Dose Calculation Support in Canadian Diabetes Care: A New Era
On 12.02.11, In DIABETES RESOURCES, by Bridget Lett
AdvancingIn.com has developed a continuing medical education (CME) program in partnership with the Canadian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism (CSEM) on insulin dose calculation. The program is available until October 27, 2012. The learning objectives for the program are: Review recommended targets for glycemic control in diabetes. Understand the importance of prandial glucose control as it [...]
On 12.01.11, In DIABETES RESEARCH, by Bridget Lett
This research was recently published in the journal Diabetes (May 2011, vol. 60 no. 5 1474-1477). Undertaken by Mittendorfer, Horowitz, DePaoli, et al. the purpose of the study was to determine whether leptin treatment has weight loss–independent effects on insulin action in obese subjects with type 2 diabetes. The study concluded that r-Met hu leptin does [...]
