Earn CPD credits from a series of online exams covering hypoglycaemia, impact of poor glucose control and effective insulin therapy
Epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of type-1 diabetes.
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is defined as glucose intolerance that begins, or is first ... or diabetes may pre-date the pregnancy. GDM affects 2-9 per cent of all pregnancies, depending on diagnostic ... in the final eight weeks. 1,2 The child of a woman who has gestational diabetes is at significantly ...
A multidisciplinary approach is needed to improve preconception care for women with diabetes. By Dr...Type-2 diabetes is now the most common form of diabetes in women of reproductive years, accounting for between a third and a half of diabetic pregnancies. 1 Of particular concern is the rapidly increasing ... just how poor pregnancy outcomes remain in the UK (see box 1). 3 This large study of diabetes ...
Diabetes leads to the development of chronic wounds because the wound repair cascade is disrupted...Studies in diabetic rats have shown that topical erythropoietin can promote wound repair. Fibronectin is also deficient in the wound tissue of diabetic patients. This study investigated the effect of topical treatment of erythropoietin and fibronectin on wound repair in diabetic mice. The results showed ...
Yogev Y, Langer O. Arch Gynecol Obstet 2007 doi: 10.1007/s00404-007-0359-8 Diabetes, as we ... adverse outcomes. The object of this retrospective study was to determine whether gestational diabetes had ... with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) were compared with 10,560 controls, all of whom had been treated ...
KEY POINTS Disease of the foot is one of the most serious complications of diabetes ... to reduce amputation risk. These patients are likely to harbour associated complications of diabetes, so are best managed by a multidisciplinary team. Diabetic foot problems can occur in type-1 and type-2 ...
The menopause is associated with increased risk factors for CHD and diabetes. By Dr John C...as metabolic syndrome, a condition that predisposes to CHD and diabetes. The menopause is associated with adverse changes in metabolic risk factors for CHD and type-2 diabetes, as well as with adverse vascular effects. Key words Cardiovascular disease, menopause, diabetes, metabolic changes, risk factors ...
in diabetes and polycystic ovary syndrome, could offer protection against endometrial cancer
Bevacizumab could replace laser surgery as a treatment for some forms of diabetic retinopathy....treatment for some forms of diabetic retinopathy, a study in Venezuela has suggested.Focal laser treatment is usually used to treat patients with diabetic macular oedema, a manifestation of diabetic retinopathy and the most common cause of moderate vision loss in people with diabetes. However, researchers have begun ...
Patients with type-2 diabetes who are receiving methotrexate for psoriasis have an increased risk of severe liver fibrosis, according to the results of a study in Sweden. Researchers reviewed 169 liver ... or more of type-2 diabetes, overweight, alcohol over-consumption, or chronic hepatitis B or C, 25 ...
The incidence and prevalence of all types of diabetes is increasing at an alarming rate. Modern ... be associated with important cutaneous side-effects. The treatment of diabetes with subcutaneous injections ... and lipodystrophy (see box 1). BOX 1: SKIN COMPLICATIONS Diabetes mellitus Necrobiosis lipoidica ...
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