 |
Metformin
May Help Delay or Prevent Diabetes in Women Who Had Gestational
Diabetes |
| |
In the current study, intensive lifestyle and
metformin reduced the risk for incident diabetes to a similar degree
among women with a history of GDM, but metformin was less effective
than lifestyle change among women who did not have a history of
GDM (Medscape) |
| |
|
|
Insulin
Analogs May Improve Quality of Life |
| |
Insulin regimens that use a fast-acting analog
may be more convenient than regimens using regular insulin and
may help patients better control their diabetes and enjoy a higher
quality of life (American Diabetes Association) |
| |
|
|
Depression
linked to higher death rates from all causes among elderly with
diabetes |
| |
2-year study looked at more than 10,000 Medicare
beneficiaries with diabetes (EurekAlert) |
| |
|
|
Obese
people could get cash to make them see a GP |
| |
Unhealthy people could be offered financial
incentives to go and see a doctor (Telegraph, UK) |
| |
|
|
Medicare
rebates only a small step in the fight against obesity |
| |
Professor Kerry Mummery acknowledges the burden
that obesity is currently placing on individuals and on the health
care system, but calls for more support in prevention, rather than
treatment programs (AHHA, Australia) |
| |
|
