28 Apr 2006
| by Dr Colin Kenny, a GP in Dromore, County Down and past chairmanof the Primary Care Diabetes Society
Diabetes, the fastest-growing disease in the UK, requires comprehensive management, says Dr Colin...Type-2 diabetes is a disease of carbohydrate metabolism involving insulin resistance and eventual ...
crucial role in post-prandial hyperglycaemia. Lifestyle changes People diagnosed with type-2 diabetes ...
activity. The multi-disciplinary diabetes healthcare team may work to help patients to develop ...
02 Feb 2007
Limited local funding is hindering early identification of diabetes, claims Diabetes UK....Its report, Diabetes: State of the Nations 2006 , calls for primary care organisations to put ...
, with fewer available in Northern Ireland and Scotland. A 2006 survey of Diabetes UK members showed ...
with symptoms of diabetes or asking for a test, down from 37 per cent in 2005. But most cases were ...
20 Mar 2007
Browse through some selected resources on type 2 diabetes on Healthcare Republic....People with Type 2 Diabetes People with Type 2 Diabetes who don t need ...
with Type 2 Diabetes who don t need statins get significant benefit from intensive lipid lowering Results of AFORRD trial presented at International Diabetes Federation World Diabetes Congress (IDF ...
Metformin and glitazones may reduce cancer risk in people with type-2 diabetes and could prevent...against cancer in people with type-2 diabetes, but insulin may increase cancer risk in a dose-dependent fashion. He suggested that metformin could have a role in cancer prevention in people without diabetes. People with type-2 diabetes on high insulin doses may benefit from screening and combination therapy ...
07 Dec 2007
| by Sanjay Tanday
A roll-out of diabetes passports across the UK could boost quality framework scores by improving.... For the study, Dutch researchers examined the impact of introducing diabetes passports in a sample of 993 patients with type-2 diabetes. The passports were used to track results, record treatment targets ...
/l or less also increased by 10 per cent. The passports also improved patient knowledge of diabetes ...
20 Oct 2010
| by Dr Jean Watkins
Dr Jean Watkins outlines some of the commonly presented skin complications of diabetes...Infection
Skin infections are common in patients with diabetes. Bacterial infections ...
is sometimes associated with diabetes mellitus. The patient presents with yellow, red or brown macules ...
that develop as the result of atherosclerosis in diabetes may cause problems with ulcers on the feet that fail ...
06 Feb 2008
Diabetes and heart disease account for most of ED cases, by Dr Asad Rahim and Professor Steve Bain....for satisfactory sexual activity and penetration.1 There are many causes (see box), but diabetes mellitus ...
with heart disease (39 per cent), diabetes (28 per cent) and hypertension (15 per cent) compared with the general population (9.6 per cent).2 With the increasing prevalence of type-2 diabetes, it is likely ...
23 Mar 2009
The diabetes disease area is worth 93 QoF points, producing a payment of £11,587 in 2007...Diabetes: Clinical Indicators Target (%) Points Records Register of patients aged 17 years and over with diabetes mellitus, specifying Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes Register 6 ...
93 ACTION PLAN Overview National prevalence of diabetes mellitus was 3.6 per cent ...
19 Mar 2010
People in Scotland with type-2 diabetes now have access to a wider choice of treatments after...The Scottish Medicine Consortium approved restricted use of the drug in adult patients with type-2 diabetes as an add-on combination therapy with metformin, when metformin plus exercise does not achieve adequate glycaemic control. The dipeptidyl peptidase4 inhibitor is restricted to use when the addition ...
28 Mar 2008
GPs should advise diabetic women trying to conceive to establish good glycaemic control, according...The final guidance on diabetes in pregnancy recommends that women with diabetes aim for a fasting ...
to conceive and while pregnant. Women diagnosed with gestational diabetes should be offered advice on diet ...
. If required, women should be offered vitamin D supplements. NICE guidance on diabetes in pregnancy 2008 ...