Glycosmedia is dedicated to bringing a free, non-promotional, editorially independent e-mail newsletter to a global audience about developments and news in diabetes, and is primarily aimed at health professionals. http://www.glycosmedia.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-gb Thu, 4 Mar 2010 20:28:51 +0000 jim@glycosmedia.com Thu, 4 Mar 2010 20:28:22 +0000 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) http://www.feedforall.com Length of Stay, Day-cases & Readmissions by Healthcare Resource Group chapter 2007-08 (NHS) http://www.ic.nhs.uk/statistics-and-data-collections/health-and-lifestyles/diabetes/diabetes-inpatient-activity-england--length-of-stay-day-cases-and-readmissions-by-healthcare-resource-group-hrg-chapter-2007-08 ACB46550-D5A8-49AA-9E96-112A97E64213 Thu, 4 Mar 2010 20:28:22 +0000 Focus week 8-14 March 2010 (Patient Safety First, NHS) http://www.patientsafetyfirst.nhs.uk/Content.aspx?path=/Campaign-support/insulinweek/ 7D816BBB-3A9E-4FD8-9309-17F5207BD940 Thu, 4 Mar 2010 20:28:01 +0000 A new study claims that twice as many women as previously thought develop gestational diabetes during pregnancy (DiabetesUK) http://www.diabetes.org.uk/About_us/News_Landing_Page/Number-of-women-with-gestational-diabetes-underestimated/ 1E3A8947-DBFC-4A4C-99D8-726119E958CE Thu, 4 Mar 2010 20:27:38 +0000 A new Cross Party Group on Diabetes is being launched later this month at the Welsh Assembly by Jeff Cuthbert AM and Diabetes UK Cymru (Aberdare Online) http://www.aberdareonline.co.uk/content/cross-party-group-diabetes-launched 6A0C8047-DF71-4C19-9648-78AA01F3872E Thu, 4 Mar 2010 20:27:14 +0000 The higher risk of type 1 diabetes in the offspring of older mothers is well known but still unexplained (BMJ) http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/340/feb24_2/c623 AE371FFD-4D18-43C4-AB53-0130A188999E Thu, 4 Mar 2010 20:26:45 +0000 Novo Nordisk, a global healthcare company and leader in diabetes care, announced it has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as the primary source provider of insulin (Medical News) http://www.news-medical.net/news/20100303/Novo-Nordisk-awarded-contract-by-VA-as-primary-source-provider-of-insulin.aspx 9009637F-3D68-4D01-BE96-6A7CB79BCBE5 Thu, 4 Mar 2010 20:26:02 +0000 These results suggest that SFormula yields a comprehensive, precise, and cost-effective assessment of insulin sensitivity in subjects with impaired insulin action like impaired glucose tolerant subjects or diabetic patients (AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism) http://ajpendo.physiology.org/cgi/content/abstract/298/3/E440 580F1C25-E114-4554-BF67-4E0C7F899355 Thu, 4 Mar 2010 20:25:39 +0000 The present work concluded that renal Doppler indices are worse in diabetic children and particularly those with IRS. These children appear to be at graver risk for diabetic nephropath (Pediatric Diabetes) http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/123303056/abstract? BDF79D57-8D98-4943-B6BF-9CE2217785CB Thu, 4 Mar 2010 20:25:13 +0000 Treatment with laser photocoagulation is effective at preventing severe vision loss; thus, diabetic patients should be referred for regular screening by an ophthalmologist. New inhibitors of vascular endothelial growth factor may provide targeted nonsurgical treatment to improve vision in diabetic retinopathy (American Journal of Medicine) http://www.amjmed.com/article/PIIS0002934309010067/abstract?rss=yes 1AA09C97-DE13-483B-9E26-A9BD583E82C8 Thu, 4 Mar 2010 20:24:48 +0000 Importance of Selective Enzyme Inhibition and Implications for Clinical Use (Journal of Family Practice) http://67.131.133.182/Pages.asp?AID=8408 1BB125A5-7F8A-4E2D-8332-DC0CA9075BF8 Thu, 4 Mar 2010 20:24:18 +0000 Combination therapy with saxagliptin can thus offer a potential advantage in achieving glycemic goals for the majority of patients with type 2 diabetes without additional tolerability concerns (Postgraduate Medicine) http://www.postgradmed.com/index.php?free=pgm_01_2010?article=2108&ex=2108 4801D426-5903-453F-A7F7-C5F7EB824860 Thu, 4 Mar 2010 20:23:57 +0000 The FDA’s Review of a New Antidiabetic Therapy (NEJM) http://healthcarereform.nejm.org/?p=3021&query=TOC 4F3310BA-FB08-4076-9CB6-39E30AA1E807 Thu, 4 Mar 2010 20:23:38 +0000 In this community-based population of nondiabetic adults, glycated hemoglobin was similarly associated with a risk of diabetes and more strongly associated with risks of cardiovascular disease and death from any cause as compared with fasting glucose. These data add to the evidence supporting the use of glycated hemoglobin as a diagnostic test for diabetes (NEJM) http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/362/9/800 321F529B-F400-4815-A81C-D05408F8B9DB Thu, 4 Mar 2010 20:23:17 +0000 We demonstrate that young subjects with uncomplicated type 1 diabetes mellitus have impaired myocardial energetics irrespective of the duration of diabetes and that the impaired cardiac energetics status is independent of coronary microvascular function (Circulation) http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.873273v1 95B34CD6-B395-4408-9205-1A7F3B6D37A0 Thu, 4 Mar 2010 20:22:54 +0000 The research, published in the American Journal of Cardiology, shows many of the benefits to patients' health from being able to get around more easily are being wiped out by the effects on the cardiovascular system (Daily Mail) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1255220/Mobility-scooters-increase-risk-diabetes-heart-disease.html 582FEA66-E47C-430F-8C8B-20FDA75F87E7 Thu, 4 Mar 2010 20:21:41 +0000