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Archive for August 6th 2012

New Diabetes Guidelines Offer More Leeway for Primary-Care Physicians, Patients

The VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Diabetes Mellitus issued in 2010 aligns closely with the new ADA position statement regarding glycemic control. The VA/DoD Guidelines support a HbA1c target of less than 7% for younger ...

New Diabetes Guidelines Offer More Leeway for Primary-Care Physicians, Patients

SAN DIEGO — What is an appropriate blood glucose level for patients with diabetes?

Joining Reserve at 60, Dermatologist Wins Awards for Army Skin Cancer Screenings

An Administrative Role Gilbert says he “just wanted to serve, no matter what the capacity,” and, as it turned out, his first role when he was deployed to Afghanistan was not so much clinical as administrative. “My title was brigade surgeon; I was ...

Joining Reserve at 60, Dermatologist Wins Awards for Army Skin Cancer Screenings

IRVINE, CA--At age 60, when many men are starting to wind down their careers and transition toward retirement, Lt. Col. Dore Gilbert, MD, a practicing dermatologist and associate professor of dermatology at the University of California at Irvine, decided to follow a very different path. He joined the U.S. Army Reserve.

CPAP Use Improves Sexual Function in Younger Men

While continuous positive airway pressure therapy (CPAP) improves rest and conditions related to sleep disruption, it has another benefit especially important to patients: an improvement in sexual function and satisfaction.

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