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New
call for research into diabetes complications |
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Diabetes UK is asking researchers to put forward
proposals looking at ‘novel interventions for the complications of diabetes.' (Diabetes UK) |
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Delivering
care closer to home: meeting the challenge |
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The document (PDF)
is a resource for commissioners and others interested in shifting
care closer to home. It aims to share local emerging practice,
how national enablers can support shifting care, and highlights
new products developed to support local commissioners and providers.
Includes information on Year of Care for Diabetes project and Community
Pharmacy Diabetes Services (DoH, UK) |
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Diabetes
may cut male fertility |
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Tests showed DNA in sperm from diabetic men
had more signs of damage than in men without the condition (BBC,
UK) |
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Distinct
monocyte gene-expression in autoimmune diabetes |
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Sub-groups of T1D patients show an abnormal
monocyte gene expression with two profiles, supporting a concept
of heterogeneity in the pathogenesis of immune-mediated diabetes
only partly overlapping with the presently known diagnostic categories
(Diabetes, USA) |
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Dietary
Patterns, Insulin Resistance, and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes
in the Whitehall II Study |
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A dietary pattern associated with insulin resistance
predicts type 2 diabetes risk after adjustment for a range of confounders.
This study adds to the evidence that dietary patterns are an important
risk factor for type 2 diabetes (Diabetes Care, USA) |
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Metformin
May Help Obese Teen Girls Lose Weight |
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The addition of the type 2 diabetes drug metformin
to a lifestyle modification program may help female adolescents
lose weight loss if they also make dietary changes, according to
a new study (American Diabetes Association) |
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Fetuin-A
and Incident Diabetes Mellitus in Older Persons |
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Among well-functioning older persons, serum
fetuin-A is associated with incident diabetes, independent of other
markers of insulin resistance (JAMA, USA) |
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Insulin
intervention to preserve beta-cell function is effective, safe |
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Results of a recent study showed that in adult
patients with slowly progressive insulin-dependent type 1 diabetes
or latent autoimmune diabetes, insulin intervention to preserve
beta-cell function is safe and effective (Endocrine Today, USA) |
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Nocturnal
glucose metabolism after bedtime injection of insulin glargine
or nph insulin in patients with type 2 diabetes |
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Nocturnal variations of EGP and Rd explain the
reduced incidence of hypoglycaemia and lower fasting glucose levels
reported for insulin glargine compared to human NPH insulin (Journal
of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism) |
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Code
on embryo screening planned |
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Doctors already screen DNA for lethal diseases,
but in principle so-called gene chips could also test for less
serious conditions (BBC, UK) |
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