09 May 2012
| by Dr Lizzie Croton
Metformin and insulin in type 2 diabetes BMJ 2012; 344: e1771 This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to compare the benefits and harms of metformin and insulin versus insulin alone ...
and insulin versus insulin alone did not significantly affect all-cause mortality (RR 1.30 95% CI 0 ...
High blood sugar and insulin levels in people with diabetes quickly create fatty deposits...the build up is caused by high blood sugar and insulin levels, not by influx of fat.
The team used MRI ...
and women sugar intravenously and found resulting levels of sugar and insulin caused fatty deposits ...
on, especially in patients with high blood sugar and hyperinsulinaemia an elevated insulin level ...
15 Feb 2012
| by Dr Louise Newson
tolerance, women with GDM have slightly greater insulin resistance in late pregnancy and lower insulin secretion for their degree of resistance.
GDM is due to maternal insulin insufficiency and resistance due ...
abnormalities and beta-cell dysfunction associated with chronic insulin resistance. 1
The maternal ...
. 'Improved insulin sensitivity' Professor Nicholas Finer, consultant endocrinologist and bariatric physician ...
surgery, and would certainly have improved insulin sensitivity . But he added: Patients who go home ...
02 May 2012
| by Dr Clare Gerada
and the NHS, however, has changed enormously.
Today, a GP is as likely to start someone on insulin or start ...
28 Mar 2012
| by Dr Bryan Palmer
duration of diabetes, age at diagnosis and use of insulin; 10 years of insulin treatment increased ...
diabetes for 10 years or more and who are on insulin.
Efficacy and safety of DPP-4 inhibitors for type ...
-acting insulin analogues and use of self-monitoring of blood glucose.
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01 Feb 2012
| by Dr Bryan Palmer
interventions were placebo, oral antidiabetic drugs or insulin. A total of 25 trials were included. GLP-1 ...
25 Apr 2012
| by Dr Raja Padidela and Professor Peter Clayton
due to slipped capital femoral epiphysis and development or rapid worsening of scoliosis. Insulin ...