15 Feb 2012
| by Dr Louise Newson
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is glucose intolerance during pregnancy. Although most cases resolve after the birth of the baby, there is an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes ...
sevenfold increased risk of developing diabetes later in life. It is an important condition to diagnose ...
01 Feb 2012
| by Dr Bryan Palmer
diabetes mellitus Ann Intern Med 2012; 156: 27-36 Clinical practice guidelines have an important role in guiding choice between type 2 diabetes mellitus medications, but little is known about their quality ...
2 diabetes mellitus were consistent with current evidence. Two reviewers independently rated ...
14 Mar 2012
| by Dr Raj Thakkar
A review of research impacting primary care, covering cancer referrals, MI, and diabetes. By Dr Raj...and practice nurses to manage patients' anxieties more effectively.
Treating type 2 diabetes Lancet 2012 ...
in the incidence of diabetes. Treatment has changed radically, but more needs to be done.
This phase II RCT tested whether activation of free fatty acid receptor 1 (FFAR1) in patients with type 2 diabetes improved ...
comparator for evaluating new diabetes drugs. ...
GPs should be wary of labelling type 2 diabetics as 'cured' by weight-loss surgery to avoid them...Bariatric physicians at the Diabetes UK Professional Conference 2012 in Glasgow last week said surgery can have profound beneficial effects on patients diabetes. But there is little evidence it can immediately cut diabetic comorbidities, they said. Telling patients their disease is in remission or cured ...
High blood sugar and insulin levels in people with diabetes quickly create fatty deposits...Researchers hope the findings could lead to more heart-friendly diabetes treatments.
People with diabetes have impaired metabolism, but the mechanism by which this translates into a fatty build ...
Kreb said first diagnosis of diabetes occurs on average five years too late, and most people ...
27 Mar 2012
| by Stephen Robinson
and diabetes and should be helped by their GP to reduce this risk, researchers have said....the condition. They are also three times more likely than their peers to develop type 2 diabetes ...
of developing type 2 diabetes was 1.8-fold higher among 21,734 young women with a new diagnosis of PCOS than ...
said that managing weight could be an important way to reduce risk of diabetes in this patient group ...
11 Jan 2012
| by Dr Jean Watkins
but more often occurs in, or precedes, the development of diabetes.
More common in women.
May occur ...
become infected.
Investigations
Check urine for glucose in patients without diabetes ...
but possible genetic link.
Sometimes linked with type 1 diabetes. Rarely linked with type 2 diabetes.
May ...
28 Mar 2012
| by Dr Bryan Palmer
difference, and with significant functional benefits over 12 months.
Cases of diabetic retinopathy ...
to organise annual retinal screening in diabetic patients, while the routine interval in Australia was two ...
in Wales.
Researchers reviewed 57,199 people with type 2 diabetes mellitus diagnosed at age 30 or older ...
with diabetes were invited. Two-thirds (66%) of patients with severe mental illness attended as specified in the letter and three-quarters (81%) of diabetes patients attended. Patients with diabetes were 2.2 times more ...