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Archived News
August 8th 2008
 
 
  Insulin Resistance Status
  Among overweight children in primary care practices, a significant relationship was found between insulin resistance and the change in BMI z score associated with a dietitian-mediated intervention (Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine)
   
  Consultant pressure is compromising diabetes care
  According to a recent study in the latest edition of Clinical Medicine, pressure on consultants to support internal medicine services could be compromising diabetes care in the UK (Diabetes.co.uk)
   
  Containing the global diabetes tsunami worldwide
  Before any epidemic can be managed, new knowledge about clinical and educational issues must be obtained and applied to the problem. An article by R. Paul Robertson, M.D., president elect of the American Diabetes Association and Pierre Lefebvre, M.D., Ph.D., immediate past president of the International Diabetes Federation (Seattle PI, USA)
   
  Towards an Artificial Pancreas Public Meeting (Day 1)
  Video (NIH, USA)
   
  Towards an Artificial Pancreas Public Meeting (Day 2)
  Video (NIH, USA)
   
  Intensive Glycemic Control Lowers Plasma Visfatin Levels in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
  We conclude that the change of visfatin concentration may be a compensatory mechanism to ameliorate insulin deficiency due to pancreatic ß-cell dysfunction (Thieme-connect)
   
  Broccoli and diabetes
  An evaluation of the BBC article (NHS Choices)
   
  American Diabetes Association Collaborates With Healia
  Premier Diabetes Organization Provides Expert Support to Online Diabetes Health Communities (MarketWatch, USA)
   
  Low-Fat Diet May Not Protect Postmenopausal Women From Diabetes Risk
  A low-fat diet in basically healthy postmenopausal women demonstrates no evidence of decreasing the risk for diabetes after 8.1 years, according to the results of a randomized controlled trial (Diabetes In Control , USA)
   
  Nutritious food and more exercise not enough to stop diabetes epidemic
  President of Diabetes Australia Gary Deed says that while eating more nutritious food and exercising regularly will aid the prevention of type 2 diabetes, it won't be enough to slow the growth of Australia's diabetes epidemic (Diabetes Australia)
   
  Associations of Adiponectin, Resistin, and Tumor Necrosis Factor- with Insulin Resistance
  Adverse levels of adipokines are associated with insulin resistance in individuals at low or high diabetes risk (Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism)
   
  Replication of Genome-Wide Association Studies of Type 2 Diabetes Susceptibility in Japan
  Some of these variants represent common type 2 diabetes-susceptibility genes in both Japanese and Europeans (Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism)
   
   
   
   
 
  
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