The recent annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Barcelona took place 15 years after it was last held there, that conference being remembered for the publication of the ground breaking results from the UKPDS study. Running from 1977 – 1991 with patients being followed for approximately 10 years, it changed the way in which Type 2 diabetes is now treated. It was the first large study to recruit patients with recently diagnosed diabetes and assign them into a conventional and intensive treatment arm – at a time when it was unclear whether glycaemic control was actually important and if so, what was the impact of specific treatments (Sulphonylureas, Metformin or insulin).
Archives for October 2013
Diabetes Updates
Diabetes updates written by Professor Steve Bain Diabetologist and Dr. Mark Freeman Diabetologist.