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GP
Surgery Network |
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To support diabetes management in primary care,
Diabetes UK is launching the GP Surgery Network. The first mailing
will commence in September (Diabetes UK) |
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Scientists
discover new genetic variation that contributes to diabetes |
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Scientists have identified a genetic
variation in people with type 2 diabetes that affects how the body's muscle cells respond
to the hormone insulin (Imperial College London) |
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The
DCCT Lives On! Intensive Glucose Control Halves Complications |
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Although the ten-year study ended in 1993, researchers
have continued to follow about 90 percent of the nearly 1,500 original
DCCT volunteers (Diabetes Health) |
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JDRF
shows that CGMs improve control and reduce hypoglycaemia |
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People who use their CGM six days a week or
more are likely to see a significant improvement in their HbA1c
than people who use the CGM less regularly (JDRF) |
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Gestational
Diabetes: Caring for Women During and After Pregnancy |
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Clinician Summary Guide (AHRQ, UK) |
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Medical
Management of Hyperglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes: A Consensus Algorithm
for the Initiation and Adjustment of Therapy |
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A consensus statement of the American Diabetes
Association and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes
(Diabetes Care) |
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New
insights in diabetic autonomic neuropathy in children and adolescent |
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This article reviews recent developments in
knowledge of epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical symptoms, diagnosis
and therapy of DAN (Abstract - European Journal of Endocrinology) |
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Post
Match Report: Around U Soccer Skills Day |
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Wow! What a day! Over 140 children with type
1 diabetes travelled to the home of West Ham United, the Boleyn
Ground, on 21st August for the first ever Around U Soccer Skills
Day (Diabetes.co.uk) |
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Perioperative
intensive insulin therapy using artificial endocrine pancreas
in patients undergoing pancreatectomy |
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To reduce the postoperative infectious complications
related to hyperglycemia and iatrogenic hypoglycemia caused by
conventional blood glucose control, perioperative use of an artificial
pancreas is recommended as an ideal method for tight glycemic control
after pancreatic surgery (World Journal of Gastroenterology) |
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Effect
of Android to Gynoid Fat Ratio on Insulin Resistance in Obese
Youth |
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Android fat distribution is associated with
an increased insulin resistance in obese children and adolescents.
An android to gynoid fat ratio based on dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry
measurements is a useful and simple technique to assess distribution
of body fat associated with an increased risk of insulin resistance
(Archives of Pediatics & Adolescent Medicine) |
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Annual
Professional Conference 2010 |
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Diabetes: challenges in all ages (DiabetesUK) |
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Children
get type 2 diabetes too |
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This article presents the case of a girl, Aroha,
13 years of age and of Polynesian descent, who presents with high
random blood glucose levels. It outlines the diagnosis, treatment
and prognosis of T2DM in children and adolescents (Australian Family
Physician) |
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Oramed
Pharmaceuticals Commences Human Clinical Trials of an Oral GLP-1
Analog |
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ORMD 0901 is being developed as an oral dosage
form of a GLP-1 Analog aimed at improving glycemic control in adults
with type 2 diabetes (Oramed Pharmaceuticals) |
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Oral-Lyn
- Oral Insulin for Types 1 and 2 Diabetes |
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Approval of Oral-Lyn by the Ecuadorian Ministry
of Public Health was based on data from clinical trials conducted
in Ecuador which involved more than 250 patients with type 2 diabetes.
These showed that Oral-Lyn had comparable efficacy to prandial
insulin injections in this patient population (Drug Development
Technology) |
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Amylin
and Biocon collaborate to develop a peptide therapeutic for treating
diabetes |
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Amylin Pharmaceuticals and Biocon, Limited announced
today that they have entered into an exclusive agreement to jointly
develop, commercialize and manufacture a novel peptide therapeutic
for the potential treatment of diabetes (Medical News) |
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