Metformin and Kids

Since the early 1990s, the incidence of diabetes type 2 has increased in children.   This increase is most likely secondary to the rise in childhood obesity.  The mean age of children that present with type 2 diabetes is 13.5 years old.  Diabetes results from insulin deficiency and insulin resistance, a condition that decreases the effect [...]

Diabetes Type 2 Overview

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!! Here we go…There is a TON of info about diabetes type 2…so here is some general info (and then we’ll get to the drugs!) What is diabetes all about? Super simplified – diabetes is a disorder involving insulin that leads to high levels of sugar in the blood (blood glucose).  What is [...]