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Will My Children Inherit My Diabetes?
Diabetes is very common. Although its frequency varies with ancestry, an average of one of every nine or ten Canadians has diabetes. More than 90% of these people have type 2 diabetes, while less than 10% have type 1 diabetes. There is no question that genetics plays a role in the development of both types...
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Off-Label Use of Drugs Like Semaglutide and Tirzepatide in People With Type 1 Diabetes
The drugs semaglutide (marketed as Ozempic and Wegovy) and tirzepatide (marketed as Mounjaro and Zepbound) are widely used to treat people with type 2 diabetes. Many large, well-done research studies of thousands of people have clearly shown that these drugs can improve glucose control, reduce the need for other glucose lowering drugs, and promote weight...
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Is This Glucose-Lowering Drug the Right One for You?
Many new glucose lowering drugs for people with type 2 diabetes have been introduced over the last 30 years. In addition to various types of insulin, there are now 8 different classes of drugs that are available in Canada and that have been approved for type 2 diabetes. These include: Metformin Acarbose Sulfonylurea drugs (mainly...
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The Types of Basal Insulin
The beta cells that live in the pancreas normally secrete insulin into the blood stream 24 hours a day. They do this according to two general patterns. First, there is basal insulin secretion. This supplies a constant and low level of insulin to the body over a full 24-hour period, regardless of whether food is...
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The Answers to Your Questions About Continuous Glucose Monitors
Following the live webinar The Info Hiding in Your Continuous Glucose Monitor Readings, our team collected your questions and recorded a Q&A session with Dr. Alice Cheng. In this session, the following questions about CGMs are answered: What information does a CGM summarize? Where is the best place on the body to wear a...
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Webinar Recap: Preventing Type 1 Diabetes
For a long time, doctors had to wait until someone got really sick before they could diagnose them with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D). By that time, the body had mostly stopped making insulin, and the patient had to start taking insulin shots right away. But today, we are entering a brand-new era. Scientists have figured...