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Diabetes
Update for January - Pregnancy |
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Interesting monthly Diabetes
Updates on the Glycosmedia website |
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Chronic
Kidney Disease Resource Pack |
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This resource pack, developed
by NHS Kidney Care, contains a variety of resources designed
to help support the management of CKD in the community
(NHS Kidney Care) |
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When
Is Hemoglobin A1c Inaccurate In Assessing Glycemic Control? |
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It is useful to consider the
situations in which HbA1c may be spuriously elevated or
depressed. These issues are best understood after reviewing
how HbA1c is defined and measured–topics fraught with considerable confusion (Clinical Correlations) |
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Introduction
of metformin for gestational diabetes mellitus in clinical
practice: has it had an impact? |
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Women treated with metformin
had a significantly lower incidence of macrosomic and large
for gestational age neonates as well as a reduced caesarean
section rate (European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology) |
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Diabetes
indicators in Australia |
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Standardised measures of the
highest priority information that can be used to: establish
benchmarks - monitor and compare the diabetes status of
population groups over time - and monitor and evaluate
the effectiveness of health policy, prevention and management
strategies (AIHW) |
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When
Is Diabetes Distress Clinically Meaningful? |
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In two samples of type 2 diabetic
patients we found a consistent pattern of curvilinear relationships
between the DDS and HbA1c, diabetes self-efficacy, diet,
and physical activity. The shape of these relationships
suggests cut points for three patient groups: little or
no, moderate, and high distress (Diabetes Care) |
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Age
Before Stage: Insulin Resistance Rises Before the Onset
of Puberty |
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IR starts to rise in mid-childhood,
some years before puberty. Its emergence relates more to
the age of the child than to pubertal onset. More than
60% of the variation in IR prior to puberty was unexplained.
The demography of childhood diabetes is changing, and prepubertal
IR may be important (Diabetes Care) |
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Can
sharing experiences in groups reduce the burden of living
with diabetes, regardless of glycaemic control? |
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Support groups are able to reduce
diabetes-related and psychological distress 1 year after
the intervention for patients with both good and poor glycaemic
control displaying high levels of distress (Diabetic Medicine) |
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Silencing
of insulin receptor substrate–1 increases cell death in retinal Müller cells |
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In these studies, we show for
the first time that salmeterol, a beta-2-adrenergic receptor
agonist, can reduce retinal Müller cell death through IRS-1 actions. These findings also suggest the importance
of IRS-1 in beta-adrenergic receptor signaling in the prevention
of cell death in retinal Müller cells (Molecular Vision) |
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Variations
in tissue selectivity amongst insulin secretagogues:
a systematic review |
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Insulin secretagogues display
different tissue selectivity characteristics at therapeutic
doses. This may translate into different levels of cardiovascular
risk (Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism) |
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FDA
Approves BYDUREON™ - The First and Only Once-Weekly Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes |
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Provides Glycemic Control in
a Once-Weekly Dose (Amylin Pharmaceuticals) |
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