Diabetes
- Metformin for type 2 diabetes January 2019
Readers comment about deviation from guidelines during treatment of a patient with rapidly progressive pleural effusion (January 2019) and the effect of metformin on vitamin B12 levels (January 2019).
- Gastroparesis in a patient with diabetic ketoacidosis
Computed tomography showed new, severe gastric distention. A scan 11 months previously had been normal.
- Should metformin be used in every patient with type 2 diabetes?
Most patients should receive it, with exceptions. Nevertheless, it is underused.
- A new reason to reconsider that antibiotic prescription: The microbiome
Prescribing an antibiotic is a far more complicated and long-lasting affair than most of us thought.
- Our missing microbes: Short-term antibiotic courses have long-term consequences
Is the rise in chronic diseases due to loss of microbial diversity?
- Beta-cell therapies for type 1 diabetes: Transplants and bionics
Chief among the challenges: millions of people have diabetes.
- Cannabis for peripheral neuropathy: The good, the bad, and the unknown
Even where it is legal, doctors should recommend it only after careful consideration.
- Small fibers, large impact
The wide interest in small fi ber neuropathy may reflect our current apparent epidemic of chronic pain.