Bright Minds and Complicated Problems – AACE 2013

Early last month I attended the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) Annual Meeting in Phoenix, AZ. It was a large event that brought those related to endocrinology together from around the world. Going into the event I knew that a lot of the sessions were going to be over my head, and I knew that the event itself would be designed for doctors, not patients. But it was still a very informative event for me, and gave me a lot of great perspective. Diabetes Technology One of the first sessions I went to was about diabetes and technology. It was fascinating! One of the main takeaways I got from this session was that doctors are just as frustrated as we are about getting data from our devices. Everything talks a different language, takes a long time to access, and even longer to analyze and interpret. There was a real sense of frustration around not being able to help patients without data, and while some docs might blame the patient for the lack of information, these guys were pointing the finger at industry (patients already have too much to do). Diabetes and Cancer There has been a lot in the news lately about diabetes drugs increasing cancer risks. There was a session on this titled “Diabetes, Antihyperglycemic Medications, and Cancer Risk: Smoke or Fire?” by Derek LeRoith, MD, PhD. He talked about there being a lot of confusing factors here. First off he recommended really digging into the details of the studies being presented in the news. Ho...
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