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Check out the diabetes news listing on (Abbott
Diabetes Care) |
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National
Diabetes Audit (NDA) Executive Summary 2008-2009 |
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(NHS Information Centre) |
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NDA
Paediatric Report 2008-2009 |
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(NHS Information Centre) |
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Diabetes
- liraglutide |
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NICE Appraisal of liraglutide for Type 2 Diabetes
Mellitus - scroll to bottom of page for appraisal consultation 2 (NICE) |
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QOF's
7% HbA1c target set to rise after safety concerns |
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Exclusive: NICE is set to revise the QOF indicators
for type 2 diabetes in light of growing evidence that HbA1c targets
below 7.5% could be harmful (Pulse) |
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Maturity-onset
diabetes of the young (MODY): how many cases are we missing? |
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Assuming this minimal prevalence throughout
the UK then >80% of MODY is not diagnosed by molecular testing ... Increased referral for
diagnostic testing is required if the majority of MODY patients
are to have the genetic diagnosis necessary for optimal treatment
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Launch
of IMIDIA - An Innovative Medicines Initiative Project for Diabetes |
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Academia, biotech and pharma industry have joined
forces to develop biomarkers and tools to pave the way for improved
disease management and ultimately provide a cure for diabetes (PRNewswire) |
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Research
sheds new light on beta cell regeneration in the newly diagnosed |
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A research study has shown that after diagnosis
of type 1 diabetes, the pancreas has the ability to replenish its
own insulin-producing cells (JDRF) |
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Alcohol
use of diabetes patients: the need for assessment and intervention |
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Assessment and treatment of at-risk drinking
could be readily incorporated into routine diabetes care. Strategies
for brief assessment of and intervention for at-risk drinking are
offered (Acta Diabetologica) |
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White
Rice, Brown Rice, and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in US Men and Women |
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These data support the recommendation that most
carbohydrate intake should come from whole grains rather than refined
grains to help prevent type 2 diabetes (Archives of Internal Medicine) |
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Abbott
Introduces New, Easier-to-Use and More Accurate Line of FreeStyle
Test Strips in Europe |
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The new test strips are designed to ensure faster
blood application, to reduce the number of error messages and wasted
test strips, and to deliver a significantly improved level of accuracy
(Abbott) |
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Topical
Wound Oxygen Therapy in the Treatment of Severe Diabetic Foot
Ulcers |
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A significant difference in the proportion of
DFUs healed was observed between daily TWO2- treated wounds and
those managed with advanced wound dressings (Ostomy Wound Management) |
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Consensus
statement reviews emerging evidence linking diabetes, cancer |
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A new consensus statement by experts assembled
by the American Diabetes Association and American Cancer Society
reviews emerging evidence that suggests cancer incidence is associated
with diabetes, certain diabetes risk factors and treatments (EndocrineToday) |
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