Clinical Director

One of the silver linings of the pandemic is that many health care providers, and organizations of all types for that matter, have been thrust into the world of all-things virtual. This has been really helpful for many people who have to drive hours to see their health care team, and helps people keep their social distancing practices until COVID is in the rearview mirror. In Diabetes Therapy, in an article titled, “Application of Telemedicine in Diabetes Care: The Time is Now,” Austrian endocrinologists argue that using telemedicine can help improve access to care and minimize the possible exposures to […]

Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) is a condition where you have too much fat built up in your liver, and it can cause damage. It is estimated that 10-20% of the United States population has this condition and it can be hard to identify because many of the symptoms are silent.1 One of the major risks and concerns with this condition is developing scar tissue on the liver which causes permanent damage to the organ. The liver and the pancreas have a harmonious relationship for keeping blood glucose levels in range for healthy people, and in diabetes the communication is […]

Diabetes started out as one condition describing “sweet urine,” and then evolved into type 1 and type 2. Now there are many known variations of diabetes, and a new article in the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine discusses the importance of knowing someone’s diabetes type. Generally speaking, people with type 2 diabetes still produce some insulin, but the cells in the body are resistant to letting the insulin take action. When it comes to type 1 diabetes, the body has an autoimmune response and stops making insulin. There are also some types of diabetes caused by other conditions called secondary […]

Many (or all) of us are becoming burnt out from the pandemic and all of the changes in our normal habits and schedules. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought various stages of lockdown to different parts of the world, and in some places it was shown to improve blood glucose control (such as in Spain.)  But a new article out of Saudi Arabia showed that lockdown for teens and adolescents between April and June 2020 actually made glucose control for people with diabetes there worse. The study looked at 150 patients, with the average age was about 12 ½ years old, […]