Effective use of insulin

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Day-to-day control of diabetes demands an ongoing balance of diet, exercise, and insulin dosage that can only be achieved with regular self blood glucose monitoring. Patients need to be familiar with factors that affect the action of insulin and to know that “less is sometimes more.” In this article, Dr Bohannon explains the simple concepts that lead to the most effective use of insulin.

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Nancy J. V. Bohannon

Nancy J. V. Bohannon, MD Dr Bohannon (right) is in private practice in internal medicine and is affiliated with St Luke's Hospital, San Francisco. She is also associate clinical professor of medicine, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine; is active in the American Diabetes Association; and lectures Internationally on diabetes and lipid disorders.