Insulin Action
Keypoints Insulin signaling is accurately viewed as involving a matrix of interacting pathways, allowing for extensive modulation and divergence in signal transduction, rather than a linear cascade of sequential reactions….
The Aims of Diabetes Care
Keypoints People with diabetes should be seen as individuals with a condition that has medical, personal and social consequences, instead of being passive recipients of health care. The optimal management…
Educating the Patient with Diabetes
Keypoints Diabetes education is an important cornerstone of diabetes care, and supports the philosophy of the chronic disease model. Diabetes education improves clinical outcomes, and requires periodic follow-up. Time spent…
The Incretin Mimetics
Exenatide clinical efficacy The Phase 3 clinical efficacy studies that have been conducted with exenatide are listed in Table 4.1. Three 30-week, placebo-controlled studies evaluated exenatide (5 µj.g or 10…
