December 2021

Clinicians identified key strategies that could improve the challenge of treating lower back pain in emergency departments.

Dennis Bruemmer, MD discusses new agents and perspectives on care in treating patients with type 2 diabetes at high risk of CV, renal complications.

Elaine M. Apperson discusses treating diabetes in a pediatric population, including diabetes burnout, the effects of food deserts, and the consequences of COVID-19 on treatment.

In part 1 of a Q&A, Elena Christofides, MD highlights important discussions surrounding ADA 2021, including cardiometabolic medicine and risk factors for T1D.

Of the two diabetes treatments included in the study, patients with Gla-300 had lower recorded total health costs and greater commitment to treatment.