This week's Diabetes Bulletin...

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Monday 30 June 2008

Diabetic Medicine

9th June 2008

Letter to the Editor

Short report

Investigation of Adducin 2 (beta) DNA polymorphisms in genetic predisposition to diabetic nephropathy in type 1 diabetes
D. Currie, A. P. Maxwell, D. Sadlier and A. J. McKnight and The Warren 3/ U. K. GoKin. D. Study Group

Review

RD Lawrence lecture Targeting GLP-1 release as a potential strategy for the therapy of type 2 diabetes
FM Gribble

Educational interventions for migrant South Asians with type 2 diabetes: a systematic review K Khunti, J Camosso-Stefinovic, M Carey, MJ Davies and MA Stone

Original articles

A 10-Year (1996-2005) prospective study of the incidence of type 1 diabetes in Moscow in the age-group 0-14 Years
E.A. Pronina, E.E. Petraikina, M.B. Antsiferov, O.V. Duchareva, A. Petrone, R. Buzzetti and P. Pozzilli

The Pro12Ala polymorphism of the PPARG gene is not associated with the metabolic syndrome in an urban population of middle aged Swedish Individuals.
Martina Montagnana, Cristiano Fava, Peter M Nilsson, Gunnar Engström, Bo Hedblad, Giuseppe Lippi, Pietro Minuz, Göran Berglund, Olle Melander

Foot Infections in Diabetes (DFIs) in the Outpatient Setting: an Italian Multicentre Observational Survey
Silvano Esposito, Sebastiano Leone, Silvana Noviello, Marco Fiore, Filomena Ianniello, Francesca Maria Felaco, Fabio Romagnoli, Ennio Sarli

Leptin - a predictor of abnormal glucose tolerance and prognosis in patients with myocardial infarction and without previously known type 2 diabetes
M. Wallander, S. Söderberg and A. Norhammar

New England Journal of Medicine

12th June 2008

Editorial

Intensive Glycemic Control in the ACCORD and ADVANCE Trials R.G. Dluhy and G.T. McMahon

Original Articles

Effects of Intensive Glucose Lowering in Type 2 Diabetes
The ACCORD Study Group


Intensive Blood Glucose Control and Vascular Outcomes
in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
The ADVANCE Collaborative Group


Glycemic Targets and Cardiovascular Disease

Perspective

Redefining Quality -- Implications of Recent Clinical Trials

BMJ

7th June 2008

Letters

Screen women with gestational diabetes for type 2 diabetes
Mark Sillender
Self monitoring of blood glucose: the cost to patients
Monika M Safford and Louise B Russell
Why patients who self monitor glucose might be more depressed
Lucy M Candib

Practice

Management of type 2 diabetes: summary of updated NICE guidance
Philip Home, Jonathan Mant, Jose Diaz, Claire Turner on behalf of the Guideline Development Group
Commentary: controversies in NICE guidance on management of type 2 diabetes
Stephen Atkin and Christopher Walton

BMJ

14th June 2008

Research

Adherence to Mediterranean diet and risk of developing diabetes: prospective cohort study
M Á Martínez-González, C de la Fuente-Arrillaga, J M Nunez-Cordoba, F J Basterra-Gortari, J J Beunza, Z Vazquez, S Benito, A Tortosa, and M Bes-Rastrollo
BMJ Jun 2008; 336: 1348 - 1351

NICE guidance

1st - 15th June 2008

Diabetes - type 2 (update)
Diabetes - type 2 (update)
Diabetes (type 2) - newer agents
Diabetes in pregnancy