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Archived News
March 19th 2009
 
 
  Updated BNF guidance on subcutaneous insulin infusion
  Guidance on continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion has been updated in BNF 57 (Diabetes Specialist Library)
   
  Updated BNF guidance on oral antidiabetic drugs in pregnancy
  Guidance on the use of oral antidiabetic drugs for the treatment of type 2 diabetes during pregnancy and breast-feeding, has been updated in BNF 57 (Diabetes Specialist Library)
   
  Computerised self-test for type 2 diabetes
  Doctors have developed a computerised test for predicting the risk of type 2 diabetes based on information in patients' electronic health records (Computer Weekly)
   
  Ethnic Background Matters for Type 2 Diabetes
  The prevalence of diabetes is at least twice as high in some ethnic groups as it is in whites, even among people with similar body mass index (BMI) numbers, a large new study finds (Center for the Advancement of Health)
   
  Breath test may recognize prediabetes, early-stage diabetes in at-risk individuals
  A standard infrared breath analyzer was successful in detecting differences in the excretion pattern of glucose-derived breath carbon dioxide between individuals with prediabetes/early-stage diabetes and those with normal glucose tolerance (Endocrine Today)
   
  Genetic Association between the Interleukin-2 Receptor-{alpha} Gene and Mode of Onset of Type 1 Diabetes in the Japanese Population
  The present data confirm the type 1 diabetes association with IL2RA and provide evidence that the different contributions of the IL2RA in the susceptibility to acute-onset and other forms of type 1 diabetes in the Japanese population (Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism)
   
  Biotec Pharmacon ASA (NO) - Completed Patient Inclusion in the First Phase III Diabetic Ulcer Study
  Biotec Pharmacon should be ready to announce results from the study in the fourth quarter 2009 (PharmaLive)
   
 
  
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