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Archived News
October 9th 2008
 
 
  Diabetes costs NHS £1 million per hour
  A report published by Diabetes UK confirms that diabetes is one of the biggest health challenges facing the UK (Diabetes UK)
   
  HbA1c of at least 6.1% can identify patients with undiagnosed diabetes
  At-risk individuals with an HbA1c test level >=6.1% are more likely to have undiagnosed diabetes, according to new study findings (Endocrine Today)
   
  The Darkening Cloud of Diabetes: Do Trends in Cardiovascular Risk Management Provide a Silver Lining?
  During our period of study, there was an increase in the utilization of evidenced based drug therapies in people with diabetes and reductions in cardiovascular-related hospitalizations. Despite this, we observed no change in all-cause mortality (Diabetes Care)
   
 
  
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