Dr. Bill Quick's Blog

Dr. Bill Quick began another blog at MyDiabetesCentral.com in November, 2006.Here's a listing of his discussions there:

 

1. Avandia is Gone Thursday, September 23, 2010
2. A New Test for Diabetes? Sunday, September 19, 2010
3. Should People with Diabetes Aim for Normal BG and A1C? Sunday, September 12, 2010
4. Avandia in Europe Monday, September 06, 2010
5. Time for CGM Saturday August 28, 2010
6. Drugs for Prediabetes Sunday, August 22, 2010
7. Dessert Calories Saturday, August 14, 2010
8. A Dozen Dangerous Supplements Tuesday August 03, 2010
9. Avandia's TIDE is Turning Sunday, July 25, 2010
10. The Avandia Votes Sunday, July 18, 2010
11. What to do if you are now on Avandia Sunday, July 11, 2010
12. Avandia and the Advisory Committee meeting next week Monday, July 05, 2010
13. Same song, second verse Sunday, June 27, 2010
14. The Role of PreMixed Insulins Sunday, June 13, 2010
15. Driving to Distraction Sunday, June 06, 2010
16. Bret is a Winner Monday, May 24, 2010
17. Race and Ethnicity, or Socioeconomic Class, or Diet Monday, May 17, 2010
18. Another Herbal Product for Treatment of Diabetes Monday, May 10, 2010
19. Flying with Insulin Monday, May 03, 2010
20. Bret Michaels: A Rockin' Role Model for Celebrities with Diabetes Monday, April 26, 2010
21. Polling People With Diabetes about the New United States Health Insurance Law Monday, April 19, 2010
22. A Free Diabetes Drug Monday, April 12, 2010
23. Diabetes Mentioned on License Plates Monday, March 29, 2010
24. Salsalate May Become Another Medication For Type 2 Diabetes Tuesday, March 23, 2010
25. ACCORD Again Wednesday, March 17, 2010
26. Would Insulin Be A Good Choice? Tuesday, March 09, 2010
27. Diagnostic Criteria for Gestational Diabetes May Change Soon Saturday, February 27, 2010
28. Avandia Attacked Again Sunday, February 21, 2010
29. Stroke of luck Sunday, February 14, 2010
30. Closing the loop Sunday, February 07, 2010
31. Using the A1C test for diagnosing diabetes Saturday, January 30, 2010
32. Drug Labels Saturday, January 23, 2010
33. More paperwork Sunday, January 17, 2010
34. Gastroparesis Sunday, January 10, 2010
35. Quit smoking Saturday, January 02, 2010
36. End of the road? Sunday, December 27, 2009
37. Weather or not Sunday, December 20, 2009
38. 183 diabetes medicines Monday, December 14, 2009
39. Keep the codes Sunday, December 06, 2009
40. Feast or famine Friday, November 27, 2009
41. Lousy Reimbursement is a Barrier to Comprehensive Diabetes Care Saturday, November 21, 2009
42. A double take on diabetes myths and misconceptions Sunday, November 15, 2009
43. Once-weekly drug therapy for diabetes Saturday, November 07, 2009
44. Hypoglycemia unawareness Saturday, October 31, 2009
45. Never trust a single lab test Thursday, October 22, 2009
46. A good number Saturday, October 17, 2009
47. More yellow stuff Sunday, October 11, 2009
48. Will diabetes be cured in the 21st century? Saturday, October 03, 2009
49. There is no cure for diabetes Sunday, September 27, 2009
50. And now there's green stuff Sunday, September 20, 2009
51. Swine flu (H1N1 influenza) and diabetes Monday, September 14, 2009
52. A very expensive antibiotic Sunday, September 06, 2009
53. FDA warning about certain glucose testing strips Sunday, August 30, 2009
54. Nine Drugs Friday, August 21, 2009
55. Types of Diabetes: are there more than two? Monday, August 17, 2009
56. Nordic walking Sunday, August 09, 2009
57. Glucose control cuts T1DM complications for 30 years. Sunday, August 02, 2009
58. Symptoms again Saturday, July 25, 2009
59. Two months on insulin Thursday, July 16, 2009
60. A1C for diagnosis of diabetes Sunday, July 12, 2009
61. Pill-splitting Saturday, July 04, 2009
62. Insulin and cancer Sunday, June 28, 2009
63. A year on a pump Sunday, June 21, 2009
64. Painful diabetic neuropathy Sunday, June 14, 2009
65. What if you have an unexpected lab value? Wednesday, June 10, 2009
66. Judge Sotomayor's diabetes doctor's letter Monday, May 29, 2009
67. Eleven classes of diabetes drugs Monday, May 25, 2009
68. Salivary testing for diabetes Wednesday, May 17, 2009
69. Under the radar Wednesday, May 11, 2009
70. More rat research -- and more scary headlines Wednesday, May 06, 2009
71. Tattoos for diabetes Friday, May 1, 2009
72. Diabetes trends since 1999 Thursday, April 23, 2009
73. Paying for diabetes care during times of financial hardship Sunday, April 19, 2009
74. Will liraglutide be approved by the FDA? Tuesday, April 14, 2009
75. Smiths Medical discontinues Deltec Cozmo pump (Part 2) Tuesday, March 31, 2009
76. Smiths Medical discontinues Deltec Cozmo pump Monday, March 30, 2009
77. Tight control of BG in the ICU may be dangerous: the NICE-SUGAR study Wednesday, March 25, 2009
78. Are my symptoms due to my medication? Sunday, March 22, 2009
79. SGLT2 inhibitors -- an upcoming class of medications for diabetes Sunday, March 15, 2009
80. The Stem Cell Executive Order Monday, March 09, 2009
81. Type one-and-a-half diabetes Sunday, March 08, 2009
82. Health Care Reform or Sickness Care Financing Reform? Thursday, March 05, 2009
83. Diabetes in children in the US Sunday, March 1, 2009
84. Clinical trials and advertising Sunday, February 22, 2009
85. Bariatric surgery, diabetes, and Medicare Wednesday, February 18, 2009
86. Unusual outbreak of hypoglycemia Friday, February 13, 2009
87. "I probably should do that" Monday, February 09, 2009
88. Does diabetes -- or poorly-controlled diabetes -- leads to dementia? Tuesday, February 03, 2009
89. Groundhog day - again. Monday, February 02, 2009
90. Kidney tests for people with diabetes Wednesday, January 28, 2009
91. The huge burden of diabetes - and the rest of the story Monday, January 26, 2009
92. Bariatric surgery for T2DM Friday, January 23, 2009
93. Should you discuss with your doc that you want to see a specialist? Wednesday, January 14, 2009
94. Lots of shots Friday, January 09, 2009
95. Would you sign a petition to make medications less safe? Monday, January 05, 2009
96. Diabetes in 2009 Wednesday, December 31, 2008
97. Half a year on a pump Sunday, December 28, 2008
98. Does St. Nick have type 2 diabetes? Wednesday, December 24 2008
99. Too good to be true Tuesday, December 23, 2008
100. Seasonal variation in blood glucose levels Friday, December 19, 2008
101. Sophisticated Stemcell Scam Thursday, December 11, 2008
102. The odds of coming off insulin Thursday, December 04, 2008
103. Nice idea, but… Friday, November 28, 2008
104. Healthy Holiday Eating Saturday, November 22, 2008
105. A prisoner with diabetes Saturday, November 15, 2008
106. Anemia or diabetes improvement or simply another scam? Tuesday, November 11, 2008
107. Statins for everyone? Monday, November 10, 2008
108. Recall of Mislabeled ReliOn Insulin Syringes Thursday, November 06, 2008
109. Diabetes Drug Dollars: Money Well Spent Thursday, October 30, 2008
110. Placebos have no place in diabetes care. Saturday, October 25, 2008
111. Aspirin and diabetes and primary prevention Sunday, October 19, 2008
112. Presidential diabetes Wednesday, October 15, 2008
113. HACs and "manifestations of poor glycemic control" Thursday, October 02, 2008
114. Pancreatitis: a class effect for the GLP-1 mimetics? Wednesday, October 01, 2008
115. Egads - the eAG Tuesday, September 30, 2008 Following are mirrored at DiabetesMonitor.com:
116. Insulin pen use in the US vs elsewhere Sunday, September 28, 2008
117. Endos as PCPs Saturday, September 20, 2008
118. A clinical trial for marketing purposes Wednesday, September 10, 2008
119. U500 insulin: a potential safety issue Tuesday, September 09, 2008
120. The CDE credential Wednesday, September 03, 2008
121. A failure of vigilance Wednesday, August 27, 2008
122. Leptin and Insulin and Diabetes Tuesday, August 26, 2008
123. Arsenic in the drinking water: an association with T2DM? Wednesday, August 20, 2008
124. More diabetes myths Tuesday, August 12 2008
125. Lantus and Lente and other name confusion amongst diabetes drugs Friday, August 08, 2008
126. An e-mail that "Diabetes can be cured" Friday, August 01, 2008
127. PS-Day plus a month Sunday, July 27, 2008
128. Combination pills for type 2 diabetes Saturday, July 19, 2008
129. Mangled care strikes again Monday, July 14, 2008
130. Basal-bolus insulin therapy for Type 2 Diabetes Saturday, July 12, 2008
131. Dietary advice for people with diabetes Saturday, July 05, 2008
132. Surgery pre-op checklist for people with diabetes Sunday, June 29, 2008
133. PS-Day plus 7 Monday, June 23, 2008
134. Once-weekly diabetes treatment? Tuesday, June 17, 2008
135. I'm pumped Monday, June 16, 2008
136. ACCORD and ADVANCE again Tuesday, June 10, 2008
137. Another way to prevent or treat diabetes? Thursday, May 22, 2008
138. Diabetes and High Blood Pressure Tuesday, May 20 2008
139. Flying with diabetes supplies Sunday, May 18, 2008
140. Not worth a pile of beans Thursday, May 08, 2008
141. Lantus Lows (continued) Wednesday, May 07, 2008
142. Time for a pump! Sunday, May 04, 2008
143. Taking insulin when hypoglycemic Wednesday, April 30, 2008
144. Planning a pregnancy with Diabetes Saturday, April 26, 2008
145. SMBG for T2: A help or a hindrance? Sunday, April 20, 2008
146. Metformin and the risk of lactic acidosis Monday, April 14, 2008
147. Statins and ezetimibe and biomarkers Thursday, April 3, 2008
148. Diabetes Cured! Tuesday, April 1, 2008
149. Why doctors blog Saturday, March 29, 2008
150. Current status of stem cells for diabetes Saturday, March 22, 2008
151. Media hype (again) Thursday, March 6, 2008
152. Responding to an insurance company's denial Monday, March 3, 2008
153. Depending on a tool Thursday, February 28, 2008
154. Stem cell success for diabetes Sunday, February 24, 2008
155. ADVANCE and ACCORD and A1C Saturday, February 16, 2008
156. ACCORD and A1C Thursday, February 7, 2008
157. Me-too and me-three drugs Saturday, February 2, 2008
158. Gastric banding for diabetes Thursday, January 24, 2008
159. Where did beef and pork go? Friday, January 18, 2008
160. Abbrevs. Friday, January 11, 2008
161. Medical news story bends the truth about drug safety Wednesday, January 2, 2008
162. New Year's resolutions and diabetes Friday, December 28, 2007
163. Catfish and lawyers. Wednesday, December 26, 2007
164. St. Nick Sunday, December 23, 2007
165. Dealing with holidays Sunday, December 16, 2007
166. Smoking may be a risk factor for diabetes Thursday, December 13, 2007
167. Emergency room visits for problems from diabetes drugs Wednesday, December 5, 2007
168. Meter marketing madness Sunday, December 2, 2007
169. New non-credential now available for physicians Monday, November 26, 2007
170. Happy Thanksgiving! Monday, November 19, 2007
171. Buildings to go blue for diabetes awareness Wednesday, November 14, 2007
172. Don't veto diabetes! Friday, November 9, 2007
173. Injecting through clothing Saturday, November 3, 2007
174. Can insulin prevent complications? Saturday, October 27, 2007
175. Sugar free or not? Tuesday, October 23, 2007
176. Exubera: what went wrong? Thursday, October 18, 2007
177. FDA Warns Of Possible Link Of Byetta To Acute Pancreatitis Wednesday, October 17, 2007
178. Put ICE in your cell phone Monday, October 15, 2007
179. Doctors who care for people with diabetes Friday, October 12, 2007
180. The power of observation... Tuesday, October 9, 2007
181. Steroids and BG Thursday, October 4, 2007
182. Putting the horse behind the cart Sunday, September 30, 2007
183. Contracts and diabetes Thursday, September 27, 2007
184. Time for a joke! Friday, September 21, 2007
185. Travel letter Tuesday, September 18, 2007
186. Fear of hypoglycemia Saturday, September 15, 2007
187. High at dawn Friday, September 7, 2007
188. Top Ten Reasons not to start insulin therapy Wednesday, September 5, 2007
189. Interviews with 18 Scottish patients Saturday, September 1, 2007
190. Excellence in diabetes programs Sunday, August 26, 2007
191. Insulin nomenclature Tuesday, August 21, 2007
192. Should people on insulin change their doses on their own? Saturday, August 18, 2007
193. Why to check your blood sugar Monday, August 13, 2007
194. Times to check your blood sugar Wednesday, August 1, 2007
195. FDA Advisors advise continued access to Avandia Monday, July 30, 2007
196. Drinking diet soda pop: helpful or harmful?Tuesday, July 24, 2007
197. Another Titanic problem: getting a new medication paid by your health insurance Monday, July 23, 2007
198. Another anti-Avandia article Tuesday, July 17, 2007
199. Stimulated Reporting Friday, July 13, 2007
200. When to refer to an endocrinologist Saturday, July 7, 2007
201. Diabetes Cures and Diabetes Prevention Wednesday, July 4, 2007
202. Should you buy an insulin pump from a previous user? Tuesday, June 26, 2007
203. Research finds decreased death rates in diabetic men, but not in diabetic women: why not? Tuesday, June 19, 2007
204. A child died of diabetes Monday, June 18, 2007
205. Are you alli ready? Wednesday, June 13, 2007
206. Is the FDA a watchdog or a dog? Thursday, June 7, 2007
207. Are the drug companies hiding a cure? Wednesday, June 6, 2007
208. Diabetes Terminology Thursday, May 31, 2007
209. Record high blood glucose Monday, May 28, 2007
210. Avandia Questions Tuesday, May 22, 2007
211. Which exercise machine to get? Saturday, May 19, 2007
212. Questions from readers about diabetes Sunday, May 13, 2007
213. You can get it - if you ask! Wednesday, May 9, 2007
214. The Fourth Rule of Internal Medicine Thursday, May 3, 2007
215. Delayed Hypoglycemia After Exercise Monday, April 16, 2007
216. What to bring to the hospital Wednesday, April 4, 2007
217. Was I low? Thursday, March 29, 2007
218. Random Parts Of Life Wednesday, March 28, 2007
219. M/I Days Supply Tuesday, March 13, 2007
220. Your traveling medical record Thursday, March 1, 2007
221. Diabetes Organizations Friday, February 16th, 2007
222. Time For A Pump? Thursday, February 1st, 2007
223. How to Protect Your Kidneys Wednesday, January 24th, 2007
224. Stem Cell Research and Diabetes: I support H.R.3 Tuesday, January 16th, 2007
225. The Munchies Wednesday, January 10th, 2007
226. Internet Plagiarism and "Splogs" Thursday, January 4th, 2007
227. Diabetes in the Workplace: Discrimination and what to do Thursday, December 28th, 2006
228. Mice cured of diabetes? Friday, December 22nd, 2006
229. Flu shots: is it too late for this year's shot? Friday, December 22nd, 2006
230. Finding a diabetes specialist Friday, December 15th, 2006
231. Rat research and media hype Tuesday, December 5th, 2006
232. You get the beer, and I'll get the Lantus Wednesday, November 29th, 2006
233. November is Diabetes Month Thursday, November 16th, 2006