Diabetes/Endocrinology

4/16/2013 2:17 PM | Comments (0) Recommend (183)

By William E. Winter, MD; Roger L. Bertholf, Ph.D.

Challenge: I was recently asked what medical concerns exist for people with autoimmune diabetes [either type 1 diabetes or latent autoimmune diseases of adulthood (LADA)] that are not shared by people with type 2 diabetes. Certainly for all people with diabetes of any kind, attempting to achieve...(Read More)

Posted at 4/16/2013 2:17 PM | Tags: Case Study | Diabetes/Endocrinology

Zinc - What is its relevance to type 1 diabetes?

11/27/2012 10:19 AM | Comments (0) Recommend (436)

By William Winter, MD, DABCC, FACB

Taken directly from a recent review by Fukada and Kambe [1], "(Zinc) plays indispensable roles in multifarious cellular processes, affecting the expression and activity of a variety of molecules, including transcription factors, enzymes, adapters, channels, growth factors, and their receptors....(Read More)

Posted at 11/27/2012 10:19 AM | Tags: Diabetes/Endocrinology

What was the significance of insulin antibodies detected in an insulin-treated patient?

10/16/2012 10:06 AM | Comments (0) Recommend (526)

By William E. Winter, MD

I was recently asked "What was the significance of insulin antibodies detected in an insulin-treated patient?" In response to this question, it is worth mentioning that the insulin autoantibody assay does not discriminate antibodies from autoantibodies (IAA = insulin autoantibodies). Ins...(Read More)

Posted at 10/16/2012 10:06 AM | Tags: Diabetes/Endocrinology

Does This Abnormal Hemoglobin Indicate Sickle Cell Trait?

8/14/2012 9:56 AM | Comments (2) Recommend (899)

By William E. Winter, MD, Lindsay Bazydlo, PhD, Neil S. Harris, MD

Case: The patient is a 30 year old male. CBC showed a normal hemoglobin concentration, hematocrit and mean corpuscular volume (MCV). Hemoglobin electrophoresis was ordered because the patient had been told that he had sickle cell trait. On alkaline gel electrophoresis, the patient's sample is in th...(Read More)

Posted at 8/14/2012 9:56 AM | Tags: Diabetes/Endocrinology | Case Study

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