Zachary Bloomgarden, MD, Editor of The Journal of Diabetes and Clinical Professor in the Dept. of Medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, reviews the initiation of therapy for Type 2 Diabetes and how to best avoid complications and side effects.

Disclosures:
Speaker’s Bureau: Merck, NovoNordisk, GSK
Advisory Panel: Merck, BMS, Astra Zeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Biodel
Consultant: Merck, Novartis, Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma America, Forest Laboratories
Stock/Shareholder: Covidien, Bard, Novartis, Roche, Stryker

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