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Integration of obesity management in the treatment of patients with diabetes is one of the key recommendations highlighted in the newly published American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists comprehensive diabetes management algorithm, experts said here.
?What makes this algorithm different from others is it does not just focus on hyperglycemia but it does address obesity, prediabetes, goals of glycemic control, a new aspect looking at insulins, and cardiovascular risks,? Yehuda Handelsman MD, FACP, FACE, FNLA, medical director and principal investigator of the Metabolic Institute of America in Tarzana, Calif., said during a presentation at the AACE Annual Scientific and Clinical Congress.
http://www.healio.com/endocrinology...s-algorithm-addresses-broad-nature-of-disease
?What makes this algorithm different from others is it does not just focus on hyperglycemia but it does address obesity, prediabetes, goals of glycemic control, a new aspect looking at insulins, and cardiovascular risks,? Yehuda Handelsman MD, FACP, FACE, FNLA, medical director and principal investigator of the Metabolic Institute of America in Tarzana, Calif., said during a presentation at the AACE Annual Scientific and Clinical Congress.
http://www.healio.com/endocrinology...s-algorithm-addresses-broad-nature-of-disease