Background: Coffee is a widely consumed beverage. Evidence suggests that coffee consumption is associated with a substantially lower risk of type 2 diabetes (1). However, there is paucity of literature on whether coffee consumption has any protective effect on people who already have diabetes. We sought to examine the association between caffeine consumption and hemoglobin [...]

Background: Perioperative hyperglycemia is associated with poor surgical outcomes, including infection and mortality, with higher rates of complications in patients without diagnosed diabetes (NDM) than in those with diabetes. Insulin therapy has been found to decrease the risk of infection and other adverse outcomes following surgery. It is unclear, however, whether insulin therapy for hyperglycemia [...]

Background: The high prevalence of diabetes makes it a common co-morbid condition in hospitalized patients. Healthcare systems have increasingly focused on 30-day readmission rates to improve quality and reduce costs. Readmission rates for patients with diabetes are much higher than the rate for all hospitalized patients. In a recent retrospective analysis, formal diabetes education by [...]

Case Presentation: We are presenting a case of a 71-year-old male patient with a history of hypertension, non-insulin dependent type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) well controlled on metformin, and non-invasive high grade urothelial bladder cancer diagnosed in 2014 treated with transurethral resection of the prostate and intravesicular mitomycin. In 2016, his bladder cancer has progressed [...]

Case Presentation: We present a case of a 50-year-old male with a history of developmental disability and hypothyroidism who presented from a nursing home with fatigue and cough for three days. The patient was found to have a left upper lobe consolidation on chest x-ray consistent with pneumonia. Labs revealed neutrophilic leukocytosis. He was started [...]