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 ...
17 Mar 2011
| by Dr Anita Pillai and Dr Iskandar Idris
with the disease and contributes to about half of the familial basis of type-1 diabetes. 2
Two combinations ...
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 ...
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 ...
decreases in relation to chronic insulin resistance over time, causing progressive hyperglycaemia and type 2 ...
13 Oct 2011
| by Dr Jonathan Holliday
Missed opportunities for diabetes prevention Br J Gen Pract 2011; 61: 609-10 The link between gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and later diabetes is well known and as a consequence, NICE ...
having tests to exclude continuing diabetes.
Forty-five per cent of GPs thought they had ...
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 ...
17 Mar 2011
| by Dr Alison Glenesk
Diabetes mellitus and risk of cause-specific death N Engl J Med 2011; 364:829-41 Most of us associate diabetes with cardiovascular morbidity; however it appears that the situation is much more complex. Hazard ratios were studied for cause-specific death, according to baseline diabetes status or fasting ...