The American Diabetes Association’s (ADA’s) diabetic treatment guidelines were recently updated in 2011, and are available on the ADA’s website, Diabetes.org. The 2011 diabetic treatment guidelines do not differ much from the previous recommendations. The changes that were made mostly have to do with gestational diabetes.

It is now recommended that pregnant women undergo a 75-gram 2-hour glucose tolerance test between their 24^th -28^thweeks. The 1-hour cut-point is greater than or equal to 180 dl/mg, and the 2 hour cut point is 153 mg/dl. It is also recommended that a person with a past history of gestational diabetes be screened every 3 years for the development of diabetes.

Individualizing care was another major change in the diabetic guidelines. Standards for the elderly are not as strict for patients that are younger. Blood pressure targets are also made stricter for someone who has a known cardiovascular disease than …