This lecture by Lois Exelbert provides a complete overview of the pathophysiology of diabetes in pregnancy - both gestational and pre-gestational diabetes. It offers the important teaching points that women with either of these diseases need to know while giving the historical background and..

Author: Lois Exelbert, RN,CDE,BC-ADM,LCCE

Lois Jovanovic, an international expert on diabetes in the pregnant patient, offers a thorough and informative overview of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus. She reviews the reasons for tight glucose control during pregnancy and what these goal numbers should be. Emphasis is placed on how to mana..

Author: Lois Jovanovic, MD

Martha Funnell and Michael Weiss give a very informative lecture on patient empowerment and self management of diabetes. Michael Weiss gives a first hand account of how he has dealt with his own diabetes and how he wishes his physicians had approached his diabetic management. Martha Fu..

Author: Martha Funnell, RN

The current Medical Epidemic !
by Derek Le Roith MD PhD

Author: Derek Leroith, MD

Jeffrey Mechanick, MD describes comprehensive overview on nutrition. He provides the national guidelines for Dietary Reference Intake. Specifically, Dr. Mechanick gives an example for calories restriction for Type II Diabetes as well other types of Diabetes.

Author: Jeffrey Mechanick, MD

Dr. George S. Eisenbarth provides a thorough discussion on Prediction and different trials of type IA Diabetes. Mainly, he focuses on the mechanism of immune mediated type IA Diabetes. Furthermore, Dr. Eisenbarth elaborates how other autoimmune disorders can influence the development of Type..

Author: George Eisenbarth, MD

Ronald Tamler, MD, PhD demonstrates how to diagnose prediabetes in this lecture. Based on the current literature, he then presents the most effective ways to prevent development of T2DM.

Author: Ronald Tamler, MD,PhD,MBA

Ronald Tamler, MD, PhD notes that sexual and urologic complaints are remarkably common in men and women with diabetes. He reviews conditions such as erectile dysfunction, female sexual dysfunction, Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) and urinary tract infections (UTIs). After completing this ..

Author: Ronald Tamler, MD,PhD,MBA

In this lecture Dr. Kshitij Shankhdhar introduces the listeners to the epidemic of diabetes predominantly affecting the developing countries and explains in detail the condition of diabetic foot care in developing world countries like India.

Author: Kshitij Shankhdhar, MBBS,Dip.Diab.,FAPWCA

This lecture on Type 2 diabetes by Derek Leroith will discuss the pathogenesis of the disease giving new insights into the basic causes and the development of the disorder. This will allow for better understanding on where and how the medications that we use for treating type 2 diabetes actua..

Author: Derek Leroith, MD