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Please note that the next issue
of Glycosmedia will be published on 3rd August |
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'Lower'
Asian obesity threshold |
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People of South Asian origin are more likely
than white people to develop heart disease and type 2 diabetes
(BBC, UK) |
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New
drug for type 2 diabetes helps with weight loss |
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Victoza offers extra choice for people with
type 2 diabetes which is one of the fastest growing diseases as
the majority of cases are linked to obesity (Daily Telegraph, UK) |
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Estimated
Glucose Disposal Rate in Assessment of the Metabolic Syndrome
and Microvascular Complications in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes |
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Insulin resistance is common in type 1 diabetes
patients and is associated with microvascular complications. eGDR,
as an insulin resistance marker, provides more useful information
than other classical variables such as insulin requirements (Journal
of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism) |
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The
next health tsunami: Non-communicable diseases |
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The International Diabetes Federation (IDF),
the International Union Against Cancer (UICC) and the World Heart
Federation (WHF) called today on the UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) to take immediate action to avert the
fastest growing threat by non-communicable diseases (NCDs) to global
health (IDF) |
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Long-Term
Escherichia coli Asymptomatic Bacteriuria among Women with Diabetes
Mellitus |
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Treatment may reduce the overall proportion
of time infected in the long term and carriage of a unique strain,
but most treatment regimens were followed by subsequent recolonization
(Clinical Infectious Diseases) |
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Putting
feet first |
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Commissioning specialist services for the management
and prevention of diabetic foot disease in hospitals (NHS and Diabetes
UK) |
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Pathophysiologic
Implications of Angiotensin I-Converting Enzyme as a Mechanosensor:
Diabetes |
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In this paper we will explore how useful this
hypothesis is in explaining the molecular pathogenesis of diabetes
and its complications, in which aging is accelerated.. 11-page
PDF (GenoMed) |
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A
Modern-Day Tuskegee |
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In 2002, I published a method to reverse diabetic
and hypertensive kidney failure (Allvoices) |
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Rosiglitazone
Prevents High Glucose-Induced Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor
and Collagen IV Expression in Cultured Mesangial Cells |
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This study suggests that preventing the actions
of high glucose on mesangial cell PPAR? may be relevant in the
treatment and prevention of diabetic glomerulopathy (Experimental
Diabetes Research ) |
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Dapagliflozin
for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes |
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Dapagliflozin represents the first in a new
class of drugs that may represent a promising new option in the
treatment of type 2 diabetes (Annals of Pharmacotherapy) |
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FDA
Accepts Application for Weekly Diabetes Drug |
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Drug makers Eli Lilly and Co., Amylin Pharmaceuticals
Inc. and Alkermes Inc. said Tuesday the Food and Drug Administration
has accepted their application for the once-a-week diabetes drug
exenatide (Therapeutics Daily) |
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The
20th anniversary meeting of the St Vincent Declaration (November
2009) |
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The 20th anniversary meeting of the St Vincent
Declaration is jointly organized by the European Region of the
International Diabetes Federation (IDF Europe), the European Association
for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), the Alliance for European Diabetes
Research (EURADIA), the Federation of European Nurses in Diabetes
(FEND), the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent
Diabetes (ISPAD), Primary Care Diabetes Europe (PCDE), and Diabetes
UK. |
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Persistence
of the Metabolic Syndrome Over 3 Annual Visits in Overweight
Hispanic Children: Association with Progressive Risk for Type
2 Diabetes |
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Patients with persistent MetS had accelerated
fat gain, increased insulin response to oral glucose, and decreased
sensitivity and beta cell function, indicators of progressively
greater risk for type 2 diabetes (Journal of Pediatrics) |
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Brief
Report: Normative Data on a Structured Interview for Diabetes
Adherence in Childhood |
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These data present means and standard deviations
for parent and child ratings of regimen adherence from a relatively
large sample of youth with diabetes that can be utilized for normative
comparisons for clinical and research purposes (Journal of Pediatric
Psychology) |
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