By James Sun
Peer Reviewed
In March 2024, the FDA announced that it had cleared Dexcom Stelo, the first over-the-counter continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system for adults without diabetes who want to understand better how diet and exercise affect their health (Figure 1). …
By Matthew Ross
Peer Reviewed
In 1910, Ezra Hayman was on top of the world. The 26-year-old Nebraska native was a young ear, nose, and throat doctor studying abroad in Vienna, then one of the most prominent scientific and intellectual hubs in Europe. …
By Daniel Martinez-Krams
Peer ReviewedÂ
You are rounding on your patients, and your team is discussing a 52-year-old man with HIV who came in with shortness of breath and fever and was found …
By Ella Feiner
Peer Reviewed
In a world abundant with food and sedentary lifestyles, the global prevalence of cardiometabolic disease has reached alarming levels. Nearly half of Americans grapple with conditions such as diabetes, heart failure, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), and …
By Elana Kreiger-Benson
Peer Reviewed
“I’m not actually planning to try it,†the patient whispered to me while I was feeling her radial pulses. We had just finished an extensive conversation with her …
By Jamie Oliver
Peer Reviewed
“Hold metformin, start sliding-scale insulin, diabetic diet, subcutaneous heparin.â€
Just 10 words. For almost all admitted type 2 diabetics receiving metformin, this 10-word phrase is automatic. I am sure …
By David Pineles, MD
Peer Reviewed
With the implementation of the ACC/AHA guidelines on assessment of cardiovascular risk, HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, commonly known as statins, will become one of the most prescribed medications in history [1]. Dr. John Ioadnnidis, in an article published …
By Jasmine Nee and Martin Fried, MD
Peer Reviewed
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. What is metformin-associated lactic acidosis?
2. How does severe acidemia lead to acute kidney injury?
3. How do you treat metformin-associated lactic …