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Aspirin
or antioxidants of no benefit in primary prevention of cardiovascular
events and mortality in diabetic patients |
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Findings from the POPADAD (prevention of progression
of arterial disease and diabetes) study have been published early
online in the BMJ (National elctronic Library for Medicines, NHS,
UK) |
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Aspirin
use in people with diabetes |
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Behind the headlines (NHS Choices) |
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Effect
of metformin in patients with type-1 diabetes and persistent
inadequate glycaemic control |
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The researchers conclude that though adjunct
metformin did not improve glycaemic control in patients with poorly
controlled type 1 diabetes, it was linked to reductions of insulin
dose and body weight (National elctronic Library for Medicines,
NHS, UK) |
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Effectiveness
of continuous glucose monitoring in pregnant women with diabetes:
randomised clinical trial |
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Continuous glucose monitoring during pregnancy
is associated with improved glycaemic control in the third trimester,
lower birth weight, and reduced risk of macrosomia (BMJ, UK) |
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Commentary:
The technology of continuous glucose monitoring |
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Continuous glucose monitoring "fleshes
out" the information obtained from conventional self monitored glucose readings,
helping inform changes to management and providing a graphic educational
tool (BMJ, UK) |
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Obesity
in children. Part 1: Epidemiology, measurement, risk factors,
and screening |
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Modifiable risk factors for childhood obesity
are maternal gestational diabetes; high levels of television viewing;
low levels of physical activity; parents’ inactivity; and high consumption of dietary fat, carbohydrate, and sweetened
drinks (BMJ, UK) |
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Warning
as Welsh diabetes figures grow by 10,000 |
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Dai Williams, Diabetes UK Cymru’s
national director, said: “There is no getting away from the fact that the growth of diabetes is linked
to the obesity crisis (Wales Online, UK) |
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Are
the adverse effects of glitazones linked to induced testosterone
deficiency? |
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This hypothesis explains the adverse effects
of glitazones on the heart and other organs by reducing androgen
action in directing stem cells differentiation into myocytes, vascular
endothelium, erythroid stem cells and osteoblasts, and promoting
adipocyte differentiation (Cardiovascular Diabetology) |
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Recent
and emerging anti-diabetes targets |
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A panel of 20 emerging diabetes targets is presented,
and small molecule modulators for each target will be discussed
(Medicinal Research Reviews) |
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Effects
of a telephone intervention in patients with type 2 diabetes |
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These results demonstrate that a telephone intervention
can increase physical activity and reduce cardiovascular risk factors.
As a result it may reduce health care-related costs (PubMed) |
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2008
Type 2 Update report |
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On current trends by 2022 the total number of
people with Type 2 diabetes is expected to be at least 407,000.
This is more than 150,000 (60%) above the prediction based on the
2001 prevalence. Forecast levels are increasing all the time because
actual experience is proving to be well above forecasts (Diabetes
New Zealand) |
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