Parents of children with diabetes forced to give up work
Half (46 per cent) of primary school pupils with Type 1 diabetes, and a third (29 per cent) of their secondary school counterparts, report their parents have had to reduce hours or give up work to help them administer life-saving insulin injections, according to a new report released by (Diabetes UK)
Partnering with Patients to Improve Therapeutic Outcomes
This article emphasizes the need for physicians and other health care providers to partner with patients to achieve therapeutic goals and presents a novel, multifaceted approach toward improving the management of diabetes in a clinical practice setting (Postgraduate Medicine)
What can the UK learn from the way patients with chronic disease are managed in the US?
While the US was not as far ahead in the use of technology as we expected, there was much we could learn from it, and adapt and adopt in the UK (Healthcare at Home)
Protege Encore Clinical Research Study Evaluates New Approach For Individuals Recently Diagnosed With Type 1 Diabetes
Approximately 125 study sites across 16 countries will be enrolling 400 individuals who have been to a physician with signs and symptoms of type 1 diabetes within the past 12 weeks (PharmaLive)
Racial Disparity in A1C Independent of Mean Blood Glucose in Children With Type 1 Diabetes
Because of racial disparity in A1C, which is independent of MBG, we recommend that A1C and MBG be used together to make therapeutic decisions for children with diabetes (Diabetes Care)
The estimated GFR, but not the stage of diabetic nephropathy graded by the urinary albumin excretion, is associated with the carotid intima-media thickness in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Our study is the first report showing a relationship between the carotid IMT and the renal parameters including eGFR and the stages of diabetic nephropathy with a confirmed association between the IMT and diabetic macroangiopathy (Cardiovascular Diabetology)
A review of endothelial dysfunction in diabetes: a focus on the contribution of a dysfunctional eNOS
In this review, we focus on reviewing the literature that provides insights into how an acute exposure to hyperglycemia results in a dysregulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase function, the subsequent downstream effects of endothelial nitric oxide synthase dysregulation, and the development of endothelial dysfunction (Jounrnal of the American Society of Hypertension)
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy and diabetic foot ulcers
Knowledge and attitudes of Canadian primary care physicians (Canadian Family Physician)
A Single Night of Partial Sleep Deprivation Induces Insulin Resistance in Multiple Metabolic Pathways in Healthy Subjects
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of a single night of partial sleep restriction on parameters of insulin sensitivity (Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism)
MSD Pioneers in Diabetes Programme
‘Pioneers in Diabetes’ is an innovative new educational programme aiming to provide senior specialist registrars and young consultant diabetologists with professional and personal development skills that may not be available in existing clinical or academic setting (Young Diabetologists)
Saxagliptin: A New Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4 Inhibitor for Type 2 Diabetes
Saxagliptin is effective as monotherapy or add-on therapy for the management of type 2 diabetes. Because saxagliptin has a higher cost and reduces A1C and other surrogate markers of glucose control to a lesser extent than other well-validated therapies, such as metformin, saxagliptin should be reserved for patients who fail or are intolerant of conventional treatments for type 2 diabetes (PubMed)
Call for junk food ads ban to tackle soaring child diabetes
A group of more than 100 diabetes experts has called for laws banning all forms of advertising of “unhealthy foods” that targets children (Scotsman, UK)
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