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DIABETES TYPE 2 UPDATES
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ASCO 2011
ASCO 2011: Diabetes, Diabetes Drugs, and Cancer Risk: the Potentials for Prevention
Susan Beck , June 8, 2011
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Diabetes is one of the most common and most challenging diseases in primary care. How best to help your patients achieve glycemic control? To that end, we have created this resource page.
As early as 1932, physicians noticed an apparent association between type 2 diabetes and increased cancer risk. In recent years, the epidemiological evidence of such an association has mounted steadily—especially with the emergence of large databases, which have allowed us to document the link.
Cutaneous manifestations develop in approximately 30% of persons with diabetes. Premature atherosclerosis is a common complication of the disease that can cause peripheral... 
Diabetes mellitus recently had been diagnosed in a 58-year-old woman. The patient claims that her skin had darkened significantly over the past 5 years.
A 32-year-old woman with insulin-dependent diabetes noted a painful erosion at the site of "the rose tattoo," which she had gotten 5 days before.
Type 2 diabetes was recently diagnosed in a 59-year-old woman whose vision in both eyes had been impaired for about 1 month. She had experienced fatigue and malaise for 4 to 6 weeks but... 
An obese 52-year-old woman with a 5-year history of type II diabetes mellitus had odynophagia and dysphagia for several days. She described the sensation as food “sticking” in her chest.... 
A 55-year-old woman, who had fairly well-controlled type 2 diabetes for 15 years, noticed a slow, progressive decrease in the visual acuity of her right eye during the past 6 to... 
In his second podcast, Dr Louis Kuritzky discusses the classes of incretin-based therapies now available for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Louis Kuritzky, MD, talks about this relatively new treatment option.
How does the chronic care model of diabetes care differ from the acute care model—and how might this approach work for you and your patients?
Dr Robert Gabbay discusses strategies to improve patient compliance with insulin therapy.
How can you determine whether your patient with newly diagnosed diabetes has type I or type II disease?
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