School has been in session only a short time and across the country we already have started to see an upswing in cases of flu A in school age children. Since school started in my hometown at the end of August, I have been inundated with questions about the flu - more than any other year since I began practicing a decade ago. Understandably, most parents want to know what to do if their child becomes sick.

Eva M. Vivian PharmD, BCPS, CDE, BC-ADM blogs about how an expert committee recommended the use of the hemoglobin A1C assay for the diagnosis of diabetes last month at the American Diabetes Association's (ADA) Scientific Sessions,