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Insulin Therapy e-learning programme

Earn CPD credits from a series of online exams covering hypoglycaemia, impact of poor glucose control and effective insulin therapy

Hypoglycaemia affects memory

20 Mar 2009

The study of 1,066 patients with type-2 diabetes showed that severe hypo-glycaemic episodes lowered memory, logic and concentration levels. Lead researcher Dr Jackie Price, from the University of Edinburgh, said: 'These findings suggest that exposure to severe hypoglycaemia is associated with cognitive ...

Islet transplant hope for hypoglycaemia

15 Feb 2008

hypoglycaemia in type-1 diabetics, the DoH has announced....to treat hypoglycaemia with conventional therapies will benefit from significant improvements ...

DPP-4 therapy cuts weight gain and hypoglycaemia

08 Jul 2010 | by Tom Moberly

of weight gain and hypoglycaemia, data presented at the American Diabetes Association meeting suggest.....5 percentage points, lack of hypoglycaemia and absence of weight gain. Patients treated with sitagliptin ... that it was also not associated with weight gain or an increased risk of hypoglycaemia. The research also showed ...

'Hypo' rates soar among diabetics

09 Oct 2009

Half of patients with type-2 diabetes will have experienced at least one episode of hypo-glycaemia

Research brief: Slow therapy best in diabetic coma

06 Apr 2007

Diabetic patients in hypoglycaemic coma may be best treated by gradually increasing blood glucose levels rather than restoring glucose quickly, say US researchers. It follows research on hypoglycaemic mice that showed that, although hypoglycaemia induced some neuronal death, more extensive damage ...

Benefits of tight glucose control queried

04 Aug 2011 | by Tom Moberly

Researchers said the harm resulting from the increased risk of severe hypoglycaemia might cancel ... the risk of severe hypoglycaemia. Dr Boussageon and colleagues concluded: 'The small benefit on non-fatal MIs and microalbuminuria may be offset by a significant increase in the risk of severe hypoglycaemia ...

PCTs question insulin pump therapy funding

06 Apr 2011 | by Stephen Robinson

below 8.5 per cent with multiple daily injections or had disabling hypoglycaemia from such attempts ... - known as an 'artificial pancreas'. This has been shown to reduce night-time hypoglycaemia in children and adolescents with type-1 diabetes ( Closed-loop insulin systems 'reduce hypoglycaemia' GP, 12 February 2010 ...

Insulin advice for care homes

12 Mar 2010

hypoglycaemia. 'Part of the handbook is about making sure that there is a trained member of staff in every ...

'Waiting to fail' strategy in diabetes is 'bad medicine'

09 Oct 2009 | by Tom Moberly

and hypoglycaemia. 'It is important to recognise that new drugs, such as the DPP-4 inhibitors, have the potential to improve glycaemic control with a low risk of hypoglycaemia and weight gain,' he said. 'In five years ...

Metformin use in pregnancy

14 May 2008 | by Rachel Liddle

hypoglycaemia and premature birth, was similar in both groups at around 32 per cent. Additionally, 76.6 per ... . The risk of needing a caesarean was 11 per cent higher, and of neonatal hypoglycaemia was 8 per cent. Dr ... -peptide levels. 11 per cent greater risk of caesarean. 8 per cent increased risk of neonatal hypoglycaemia ...

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