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 ...
01 Sep 2011
| by Dr Lizzie Croton
mineral density or menopausal symptoms.
Lifestyle modification and prevention of type-2 diabetes Arch ...
on the incidence of type-2 diabetes among those with impaired fasting glucose levels.
A total of 641 overweight ...
followed up for 36 months with the primary outcome being type-2 diabetes as demonstrated on 75g oral ...
01 Feb 2012
| by Dr Bryan Palmer
in guiding choice between type 2 diabetes mellitus medications, but little is known about their quality ...
medications to treat type 2 diabetes.
Not all guidelines on oral treatment of type 2 diabetes were ...
with type 2 diabetes mellitus taking GLP-1 agonists, would these drugs cause weight loss in overweight ...
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 ...
17 Mar 2011
| by Dr Anita Pillai and Dr Iskandar Idris
between a diagnosis of type-1 and type-2 diabetes.
These patients and their first degree relatives ...
measurement may support diagnosis.
Where a patient appears to have type-2 diabetes, consider type-1 ...
-peptide to confirm the diagnosis of type-1 diabetes - consider their use to discriminate type-1 from type-2 diabetes ...
18 Apr 2012
| by Dr Louise Newson
diabetes N Engl J Med 2012; 366: 1209-17 Many patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus have limitations ...
and 74 years with type 2 diabetes to either an intensive lifestyle intervention or a diabetes support ...
slowed the decline in mobility in overweight adults with type 2 diabetes. However, it should be noted ...
28 Mar 2012
| by Dr Bryan Palmer
in Wales.
Researchers reviewed 57,199 people with type 2 diabetes mellitus diagnosed at age 30 or older ...
with metformin, in adults with type 2 diabetes.
The review of RCTs included 27 reports of 19 studies including ...
and side-effects.
Diabetes: study examined the efficacy and safey of DPP-4 inhibitors on type 2 ...
23 Jun 2011
| by Dr Sally Hope
BMD and fracture risk in type-2 diabetes JAMA 2011; 305: 2184 Type-2 maturity onset diabetes ...
risk in older adults with type-2 diabetes.
The researchers looked at prospective studies of self ...
fracture risk, participants with type-2 diabetes had a higher T score than those without type-2 diabetes ...
09 May 2012
| by Dr Lizzie Croton
Metformin and insulin in type 2 diabetes BMJ 2012; 344: e1771 This systematic review ...
in adult patients with type 2 diabetes.
Data were obtained from 23 trials with 2,117 participants ...
patients with type 2 diabetes N Engl J Med 2012; 366: 1567-76 This single-centre trial involved 150 ...
15 Sep 2011
| by Dr Gwen Lewis
Weight issues for heart failure in type-2 diabetics Am J Med 2011; 124: 834-40 It is already known that type-2 diabetes is an important risk factor for heart failure. But does the weight of a ...
study looked at all-cause mortality in relation to weight in patients with type-2 diabetes hospitalised ...