Diabetes May 2009

This supplement is based on a satellite symposium conducted during the American Pharmacists Association’s 157th Annual Meeting & Exposition. This CE activity is jointly sponsored by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine, Inc., and Global Directions in Medicine, Inc., and supported by an educational grant from Novo Nordisk Inc.

Approximately 24 million people in the United States have type 2 diabetes, including 6 million who remain undiagnosed.

Continuous glucose monitoring systems offer patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes a new avenue to obtain good glycemic control by providing real-time data on a continual basis.

Although traditionally bone disorders have not been listed as a complication, growing evidence suggests that patients with diabetes are at an increased risk of osteoporotic fractures.