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 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:10:50 +0100 jim@glycosmedia.com Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:10:15 +0100 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) http://www.feedforall.com (NHS) http://www.ic.nhs.uk/webfiles/Services/NCASP/audits%20and%20reports/National_Diabetes_Audit_Executive_Summary_2008_2009.pdf 40BDEA14-E087-4A14-8F85-BA0CA1490A4E Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:10:15 +0100 (NHS) http://www.ic.nhs.uk/webfiles/Services/NCASP/audits%20and%20reports/NDA_Paediatric_Report_2008_2009.pdf E6924F63-D9A5-4D61-ACBC-C57ADF1A2860 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:09:41 +0100 The NDA Dashboard contains the results for the 2008-2009 National Diabetes Audit at Strategic Health Authority (SHA), Primary Care Trust (PCT) and Welsh Health Board (WHB) level (NHS) http://www.ic.nhs.uk/services/national-clinical-audit-support-programme-ncasp/diabetes/analysis/2008-2009-analysis 27C63BEF-34C9-40BB-91E0-DCDB1C9D8544 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:09:01 +0100 The NHS is spending too much on diabetes drugs say researchers, who found the medicines account for 7% of the UK prescribing budget (BBC) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-10740224 6B899E77-9037-4C94-858D-3E11416A6AA9 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:20:22 +0100 A report from the Diabetes UK Integrated Care Task and Finish Group - Word document (Diabetes UK) http://www.diabetes.org.uk/documents/reports/integratedcaretfgroupreport_june%202010.doc C57A5604-77A4-4736-BE01-066E4D718058 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:54:50 +0100 Lifestyle Over and Above Drugs in Diabetes (LOADD) study: randomised controlled trial (British Medical Journal) http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/341/jul20_2/c3337?rss=1&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bmj/recent+(Latest+from+BMJ)&q=w_bmj 777F79E7-995A-4555-BE21-32E8CEF7DB38 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:26:29 +0100 Based on our findings, we have developed a new health information model that reflects both the nonlinear nature of health information-seeking behavior and the interplay of both active information seeking and passive receipt of information (Annals of Family Medicine) http://www.annfammed.org/cgi/content/full/8/4/334 2190271E-7AAB-45B5-9B2C-84096655B8A9 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:25:58 +0100 Over the 10 year period to 2007, diabetes-related primary care adjusted costs increased considerably, whereas glycated haemoglobin values did not improve at all over the same period (Diabetic Medicine) http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/123457251/abstract? B6D154A9-C36D-4597-8E14-622E0EFD0099 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:24:57 +0100 Using HbA1c as the pre-diabetes criterion would reclassify the pre-diabetes diagnosis of nearly 50 million Americans (Diabetes Care) http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/early/2010/07/12/dc10-0752.short?rss=1 C3EC04FF-88B0-4529-B1AC-B4FB3572D28B Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:07:14 +0100 Individualized care of patients with diabetes should consider improving the quality of life. Psychosocial support should be provided to the patients with type 2 diabetes and the negative effects of psychopathological conditions on the metabolic control should be lessened (Health and Quality of Life Outcomes) http://www.hqlo.com/content/8/1/67 F0EF7DAD-6AC0-4DA6-976F-77EDF4E8136C Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:06:31 +0100 In patients with diabetes and hypertension, combining a renin-angiotensin system blocker with amlodipine, compared with hydrochlorothiazide, was superior in reducing cardiovascular events and could influence future management of hypertension in patients with diabetes (PubMed) http://www.peerview-institute.org/news/content.nsf/PaperFrameSet?OpenForm&pp=1&id=3D7B334ACA5471BC8525750E004F1BEA&refid=3256&specid=999&newsid=852576140048867C85257761002A41FE&locref=ntkwatch&u=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=20620720 DD4E2AC3-A91B-47A9-8B8E-A19BDFD3AB8F Fri, 16 Jul 2010 07:40:54 +0100 Testing whether inner-city diabetics, an especially hard-to-treat population, might better control their blood sugar — and thus save Medicaid dollars — by tracking their disease using Internet-connected cellphones, provided with reduced monthly rates as long as they regularly comply (USA Today) http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-07-13-mobile-health-apps_N.htm?csp=34news&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+UsatodaycomHealth-TopStories+(News+-+Health+-+Top+Stories) F658F61F-5C48-41D0-B4A6-FCE963F3CE13 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:33:07 +0100 Clinical Review (College of Family Physicians of Canada) http://www.cfp.ca/cgi/content/full/56/7/639 4F13FC8F-C1CE-498D-B2C9-B255FFCDF7D9 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:13:12 +0100 In elderly without diabetes, high fasting glucose, insulin resistance not tied to cognitive impairment (Modern Medicine) http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Endocrinology/Pre-Diabetes-Symptoms-Not-Linked-to-Cognitive-Decl/ArticleNewsFeed/Article/detail/678259 87549BD2-2713-46C5-B59B-582401C44663 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:12:35 +0100 GlaxoSmithKline confirmed today that a joint advisory committee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted to allow Avandia to remain on the market (GSK) http://www.gsk.com/media/pressreleases/2010/2010_us_pressrelease_10059.htm A6609C52-352E-4D78-9618-D4F9D7BDB1DE Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:31:51 +0100