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Poor HbA1c Control is a Medical Emergency
As an endocrinologist, I see many patients with long-standing type 2 diabetes. The typical first-time patient in my practice is a man or a woman between age 40 – 60, who has had type 2 diabetes for more than 10 years, is being treated with four different medications (some of which belong to new classes…
Read MoreSix Years Later, Our Vision is Still the Same
Northern Ireland, where Hygieia has a wholly owned subsidiary of which Bashan is managing director. His topic: inventions – specifically, what inventions must do to travel from concept to popular adoption. He was well qualified to speak on this, having just expanded Hygieia’s d-Nav® insulin management program from a small, independent project to an AI-powered…
Read MoreDiabetes: Evidence Vs. Fiction – The Basics About Insulin Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes
If you have been using or considering insulin therapy for your type 2 diabetes, you may have experienced sentiments of remorse or hopelessness, because you think the fact that you have to use insulin constitutes some kind of failure. Don’t. And here is why. Diabetes is a condition of insulin deficiency and it is progressive.…
Read MoreDiabetes: Evidence vs. Fiction
In this time of COVID-19, what should people with type 2 diabetes be doing? If you have diabetes, then you are appropriately more concerned about your health than some others. Indeed, we know that patients with diabetes are prone to develop severe COVID-19 infections. Diabetes is a major risk factor for having severe infections whether…
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