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New
Director for the National Diabetes Support Team |
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The National Diabetes Support Team have appointed
a new Director Anna Morton who took up post on 1st December 2008
(NDST) |
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Antecedent
hypoglycemia impairs autonomic cardiovascular function - implications
for rigorous glycemic control |
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Because impaired autonomic function, including
decreased cardiac vagal baroreflex sensitivity, may contribute
directly to mortality in diabetes and cardiovascular disease, our
findings raise new concerns regarding the consequences of hypoglycemia
(Diabetes) |
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Emerging
drugs for diabetic retinopathy |
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Emerging treatments, possibly used in combination
with standard therapy, offer the hope of effective and safe treatment
that may allow us to improve visual outcomes and prevent the damaging
consequences of DR (PubMed) |
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Genetic
screening no better than traditional risk factors in predicting
type 2 diabetes |
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Screening for a panel of gene variants associated
with the risk for type 2 diabetes can identify adults at risk for
the disease but is not significantly better than assessment based
on traditional risk factors, such as weight, blood pressure and
blood glucose levels (Endocrine Today) |
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