PHYSICIAN INFO
Web Sites

•American Association Of Diabetes Educators
•American Diabetes Association
•Joslin Diabetes Center
•National Diabetes Education Program
•National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

PATIENT CENTER
Patient Notes

•Understanding body mass index
•Weight loss

Web Sites

•American Diabetes Association
•Children with Diabetes
•Cyberdiet
•Indian Health Service National Diabetes Program
•Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International (JDF)

CLINICAL UPDATES

• Cholesterol lowering in diabetes
• Latent autoimmune diabetes of adulthood
• Diabetes in the Hispanic population
• The rising tide of metabolic syndrome
• Diabetic retinopathy
• Regular screening in type 2 diabetes

SYMPOSIA

Insulin resistance

• The clinical picture of metabolic syndrome
• Understanding insulin resistance
• New challenges in caring for diabetic patients

Weight management

• What role for weight-loss medication?
• Bariatric surgery
• Tackling obesity in a 15-minute office visit

Obesity

• Evaluation of obesity
• Future directions in weight control

Advances in insulin therapy

• Novel insulins and strict glycemic control
• Optimizing insulin regimens in type 1 diabetes
• The changing model of insulin use in type 2 diabetes

CURBSIDE CONSULTS

• ACE inhibitor for a diabetic patient with normal blood pressure?
• How to adjust ACE inhibitors and ARBs in diabetes?
• Is protein or sugar better for low blood glucose?

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