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[Series] Improving the prevention and management of chronic disease in low-income and middle-income countries: a priority for primary health care
...diabetes, and mental disorders is high in low-income and middle-income countries and is predicted to increase with the ageing of populations, urbanisation, and globalisation of risk factors. Furthermore, HIV/AIDS is increasingly becoming a chronic disorder. An integrated approach to the management of chronic diseases, irrespective of cause, is n...
The Lancet - 10:26 (2 hours ago)

EARLY RELEASE: Long-Term Follow-up after Tight Control of Blood Pressure in Type 2 Diabetes
...Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) examined whether risk reductions for microvascular and macrovascular disease, achieved with the use of improved blood-pressure control ...
New England Journal of Medicine - 10 Sep 2008 (2 days ago)

PERSPECTIVE: Assessing the Cardiovascular Safety of Diabetes Therapies
The Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), of which I am a member, convened in early July to consider whether data on long-term ...
New England Journal of Medicine - 10 Sep 2008 (2 days ago)

EARLY RELEASE: Continuous Glucose Monitoring and Intensive Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes
...type 1 diabetes mellitus has not been determined. Methods In a multicenter clinical trial, we randomly assigned 322 adults ...
New England Journal of Medicine - 10 Sep 2008 (2 days ago)

EARLY RELEASE: 10-Year Follow-up of Intensive Glucose Control in Type 2 Diabetes
...Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS), patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who received intensive glucose therapy had a lower risk of microvascular complications than did those ...
New England Journal of Medicine - 10 Sep 2008 (2 days ago)

[SHORT CUTS] All you need to read in the other general journals
BMJ current issue - 9 Sep 2008 (3 days ago)

[OBSERVATIONS] Argus and the cyclops in the clinic
BMJ current issue - 9 Sep 2008 (3 days ago)

[Viewpoint] Health impact assessments in the European Union
...diabetes, obesity, and cancer is a serious issue for quality of life across Europe. With forecasts showing skyrocketing obesity rates in the coming decades, along with increases in linked avoidable chronic illnesses in the young population, the cost of treatment is likely to overwhelm health systems and negatively affect economic growth if curre...
The Lancet - 5 Sep 2008 10:51

[NEWS] Most patients at risk of stroke fail to get adequate anticoagulation
BMJ current issue - 4 Sep 2008 10:54

CORRESPONDENCE: Aliskiren Combined with Losartan in Diabetes and Nephropathy
...Proteinuria in Diabetes (AVOID) study by Parving ...
New England Journal of Medicine - 3 Sep 2008 22:26

[VIEWS & REVIEWS] Morceaux Choisis
BMJ current issue - 3 Sep 2008 15:53

[PRACTICE] How can we best prevent new foot ulcers in people with diabetes?
BMJ current issue - 3 Sep 2008 15:53

[VIEWS & REVIEWS] Are we all Balintians now?
BMJ current issue - 3 Sep 2008 11:35

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION: Sodium Bicarbonate vs Sodium Chloride for the Prevention of Contrast Medium-Induced Nephropathy in Patients Undergoing Coronary Angiography: A Randomized Trial
...more of diabetes mellitus, history of congestive heart failure, hypertension, or age older than 75 years. Interventions Patients were randomized to receive either sodium chloride (n = 178) or sodium bicarbonate (n = 175) administered at the same rate (3 mL/kg for 1 hour before coronary angiography, decreased to 1.5 mL/kg per hour during the pro...
JAMA current issue - 2 Sep 2008 21:20

[RESEARCH] Drug eluting and bare metal stents in people with and without diabetes: collaborative network meta-analysis
...and without diabetes mellitus. Design Collaborative network meta-analysis. Data sources Electronic databases (Medline, Embase, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials), relevant websites, reference lists, conference abstracts, reviews, book chapters, and proceedings of advisory panels for the US Food and Drug Administration. Manufactu...
BMJ current issue - 1 Sep 2008 00:40

[EDITORIALS] Drug eluting stents in patients with diabetes
BMJ current issue - 1 Sep 2008 00:40