Taken together our data do not support the hypothesis that in type 1 diabetes, severe hypoglycemia increases the risk of CVD (Diabetes Care)
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HbA1c levels and all-cause mortality in type 2 diabetic patients: Epidemiological evidence of the need for personalised therapeutic targets
The present study suggests that glycaemic targets should be individualised on the basis of the characteristics of each patient, considering age, co-morbidity and duration of diabetes (Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases)
Deteriorating tactile sensation in patients with hand syndromes associated with diabetes: A two-year observational study?
Light touch perception was reduced in longstanding diabetic hand syndromes. Tactile abnormalities that were detected by clinical examination progressed during a two year period and were related to metabolic control and musculoskeletal diagnosis (Diabetes and Its Complications)
Study of Once Daily Levemir (SOLVE™): insights into the timing of insulin initiation in people with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes in routine clinical practice
Despite well-documented benefits of timely glycaemic control and consensus guidelines encouraging earlier use of insulin, considerable clinical inertia exists with respect to initiating appropriate insulin therapy in people with T2DM. Considerable regional differences exist in the timing of insulin initiation and in the use of OADs (Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism)
New approach to beta cell function screening by nitric oxide assessment of obese individuals at the population level
The Electro Sensor complex enabling nitric oxide assessment represents a novel method of screening for beta cell function in the obese population on a large scale. Such a tool, which is easy to administer, noninvasive, and cost-effective, would be of great benefit for widespread screening of beta cell function in obese patients (International Journal of General Medicine)
Hyperglycemia Increases Muscle Blood Flow and Alters Endothelial Function in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes
These results demonstrate that acute hyperglycemia causes vasodilation and alters endothelial function in adolescents with type 1 diabetes and provide insight into the etiology of macrovascular and microvascular complications of type 1 diabetes (Experimental Diabetes Research)
The drug industry is a barrier to diabetes care in poor countries
In many parts of the world, people with type 1 diabetes (whether or not the condition is diagnosed) still die for want of insulin, and those with type 2 diabetes go without treatments that prolong life at minimal cost: metformin, antihypertensives, and statins (BMJ)
Beta cell function and BMI in ethnically diverse children with newly diagnosed autoimmune type 1 diabetes
Obese and overweight children compared to lean children have greater beta-cell function at the onset of autoimmune T1D (Pediatric Diabetes)
Hospitalized cardiovascular events in patients with diabetic macular edema
Event rates of MI or CVA were higher in patients with DME than in diabetes controls. This study is one of few with sufficient sample size to accurately estimate the relationship between DME and cardiovascular outcomes (BMC Ophthalmology)
Misperception of patients with type 2 diabetes about diet and physical activity and its effect on readiness to change
Patients with type 2 diabetes misperceive their lifestyle behaviors, which hinders lifestyle changes. The variations in misperception and readiness to change show that diversity should be considered in lifestyle counseling for patients with type 2 diabetes (Journal of Diabetes)
Jentadueto® (linagliptin/metformin hydrochloride) tablets recommended for approval in the treatment of adults with type 2 diabetes in Europe
Milestone reflects the commitment of Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company in bringing new diabetes medicines to patients around the world who need them (Lilly)
Diabetes as a risk factor for dementia and mild cognitive impairment: a meta-analysis of longitudinal studies
The quantitative meta-analysis showed that diabetes was a risk factor for incident dementia (including AD, VD and any dementia) and MCI (Journal of Internal Medicine)
A modified laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for the treatment of diabetes mellitus type 2 and metabolic syndrome in obesity
The results of this study show that only through resection of the ghrelin-producing gastric area can most obesity cases and diabetes type II conditions be reverted to nonobese and controlled diabetes (American Journal of Surgery)
Variability in hemoglobin A1c predicts all-cause mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes
A retrospective cohort study in type 2 diabetic patients followed for at least 2years between 2003 and 2009 (Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications)
Serum uric acid is related to cardiovascular events
Serum uric acid is a predictor of cardiac events and correlates to N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide and albuminuria, underscoring the importance of uric acid as a cardiovascular risk marker in patients with diabetes (Diabetic Medicine)
The metabolic syndrome and coronary artery disease
A structural equation modeling approach suggestive of a common underlying pathophysiology (Metabolism – Clinical and Experimental)
Diabetes Apps
Diabetes Apps, are they a happy happenstance – where technology wins over pathology – or a counterproductive hypertrophy of data? This article will open this Pandora’s Box (Glycosmedia)
The management of adult diabetes services in the NHS
Diabetes care in the NHS is poor, with low achievement of treatment standards, high numbers of avoidable deaths and annual spending reaching an estimated £3.9 billion (National Audit Office)
Inpatient care for children with diabetes: are standards being met?
This first audit of children’s diabetes inpatient care organisation demonstrates that some standards can be achieved, but others, such as having children’s nurses on every shift in EDs, lack of dietetic advice to ward staff, and liaison with the diabetes team quickly out of hours, are more challenging (Archives of Disease in Childhood)
The Business Case for a Diabetes Self-Management Intervention in a Community General Hospital
The intervention not only resulted in significant improvements in HbA1c levels (-0.77%) but saved the hospital an average of $551 per active patient per year, primarily by reducing hospital visits (Population Health Management)
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