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CME: Long-Term Follow-up after Tight Control of Blood Pressure in Type 2 Diabetes
(No abstract is available for this citation)
New England Journal of Medicine - Oct 8, 2008 (2 days ago)

EDITORIAL: UKPDS and the Legacy Effect
...Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) continues to produce important evidence concerning the evolution of type 2 diabetes and its management. Two studies published in this issue of the ...
New England Journal of Medicine - Oct 8, 2008 (2 days ago)

EARLY RELEASE: Immunotherapy on Trial for New-Onset Type 1 Diabetes
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New England Journal of Medicine - Oct 8, 2008 (2 days ago)

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Long-Term Follow-up after Tight Control of Blood Pressure in Type 2 Diabetes
...type 2 diabetes who had been assigned to tight or less-tight blood-pressure control revealed that benefits of previously improved control were not sustained when between-group blood-pressure differences equalized. Early improved blood-pressure control in patients with type 2 diabetes and hypertension was associated with a reduced risk of complic...
New England Journal of Medicine - Oct 8, 2008 (2 days ago)

EARLY RELEASE: GAD Treatment and Insulin Secretion in Recent-Onset Type 1 Diabetes
...type 1 diabetes mellitus. This trial assessed the ability of alum-formulated GAD (GAD-alum) to ...
New England Journal of Medicine - Oct 8, 2008 (2 days ago)

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: 10-Year Follow-up of Intensive Glucose Control in Type 2 Diabetes
...type 2 diabetes was sustained during 10 years of follow-up. Despite an early loss of glycemic differences, continued microvascular risk reduction and emergent risk reductions for myocardial infarction and death from any cause were observed.
New England Journal of Medicine - Oct 8, 2008 (2 days ago)

CME: 10-Year Follow-up of Intensive Glucose Control in Type 2 Diabetes
(No abstract is available for this citation)
New England Journal of Medicine - Oct 8, 2008 (2 days ago)

[Articles] Exenatide once weekly versus twice daily for the treatment of type 2 diabetes: a randomised, open-label, non-inferiority study
...type 2 diabetes. We compared the efficacy of a once-weekly formulation of exenatide to that of a twice daily dose.
The Lancet - Oct 3, 2008 10:48 AM

[Comment] Exenatide once weekly in type 2 diabetes
...type 2 diabetes have led to the need for additional treatments that can replace or be safely combined with existing agents. Patients with type 2 diabetes who have not achieved adequate glucose control at the maximum tolerated doses of their oral therapies have had no alternative other than insulin. However, the best insulin regimen is a matter o...
The Lancet - Oct 3, 2008 10:48 AM

CORRESPONDENCE: Intensive Glucose Control in Type 2 Diabetes
...Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) study (June 12 issue),1 the intensive-therapy group ...
New England Journal of Medicine - Oct 1, 2008 10:54 PM

CME: Continuous Glucose Monitoring and Intensive Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes
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New England Journal of Medicine - Oct 1, 2008 10:54 PM

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Continuous Glucose Monitoring and Intensive Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes
...type 1 diabetes mellitus who had glycated hemoglobin levels of 7.0 to 10.0% were stratified into three prespecified age groups and were assigned to receive continuous glucose monitoring or usual monitoring. The primary outcome was the change in glycated hemoglobin levels after 26 weeks. Continuous glucose monitoring was associated with improved ...
New England Journal of Medicine - Oct 1, 2008 10:54 PM

[PRACTICE] Early identification and management of chronic kidney disease: summary of NICE guidance
BMJ current issue - Sep 29, 2008 12:40 PM

[NEWS] Aboriginal children are still twice as likely to die as other young Australians
BMJ current issue - Sep 26, 2008 5:54 PM

[Articles] Effects of the angiotensin-receptor blocker telmisartan on cardiovascular events in high-risk patients intolerant to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors: a randomised controlled trial
...disease or diabetes with end-organ damage.
The Lancet - Sep 26, 2008 9:50 AM

[PRACTICE] Raised blood glucose concentration
BMJ current issue - Sep 25, 2008 12:46 PM

[NEWS] New reported risks add to concern about bisphenol A in plastics
BMJ current issue - Sep 24, 2008 10:44 AM

LETTERS: Effect of Folic Acid and B Vitamins on Cardiovascular Disease in Women
JAMA current issue - Sep 23, 2008 9:30 PM

HEALTH AGENCIES UPDATE: Exenatide Risk
JAMA current issue - Sep 23, 2008 9:30 PM

LETTERS: Effect of Folic Acid and B Vitamins on Cardiovascular Disease in Women--Reply
JAMA current issue - Sep 23, 2008 9:30 PM

LETTERS: Effect of Folic Acid and B Vitamins on Cardiovascular Disease in Women
JAMA current issue - Sep 23, 2008 9:30 PM

LETTERS: Effect of Folic Acid and B Vitamins on Cardiovascular Disease in Women
JAMA current issue - Sep 23, 2008 9:30 PM

[RESEARCH] Diagnostic evaluation of people with hypertension in low income country: cohort study of "essential" method of risk stratification
...diagnosis of diabetes; the WHO-ISH methods additionally included measurement of fasting blood glucose, total cholesterol, and creatinine, urinalysis, and electrocardiography. Main outcome measures Cardiovascular events and total deaths. Results With both methods there was a highly significant association between the level of predicted risk and ...
BMJ current issue - Sep 19, 2008 10:56 AM

[Case Report] No fire without smoke
...type 2 diabetes, and was taking isosorbide mononitrate, dipyridamole, aspirin, allopurinol, simvastatin, ferrous gluconate, furosemide, and gliclazide. She had never smoked.
The Lancet - Sep 19, 2008 10:32 AM

[Correspondence] Hyperglycaemia as a cardiovascular risk factor in diabetes
In their Seminar (May 24, p 1790), Ravi Retnakaran and Bernard Zinman argue, on the basis of the DCCT/EDIC Study, that hyperglycaemia is an important cardiovascular risk factor, and that hyperglycaemia early in the disease course might exert particular harm through “metabolic imprinting/memory”. Another study of intensive versus conventional treatm...
The Lancet - Sep 19, 2008 10:32 AM

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION: Association of Urinary Bisphenol A Concentration With Medical Disorders and Laboratory Abnormalities in Adults
...associated with diabetes (OR per 1-SD increase in BPA concentration, 1.39; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.21-1.60; P < .001) but not with other studied common diseases. In addition, higher BPA concentrations were associated with clinically abnormal concentrations of the liver enzymes -glutamyltransferase (OR per 1-SD increase in BPA concentr...
JAMA current issue - Sep 16, 2008 10:08 PM


[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 - Sep 12, 2008 10:26 AM

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Exendin - 4 stimulation of cyclin A2 in beta - cell proliferation
Song , W . - J . ; Schreiber , W . E . ; Zhong , E . ; Liu , F . - F . ; Kornfeld , B . D . ; Wondisford , F . E . ; Hussain , M . A .
Page: 2371-2381 VOL 57 ; PART 9 Date: 2008-September

HES - 1 is involved in adaptation of adult human beta - cells to proliferation in vitro
Bar , Y . ; Russ , H . A . ; Knoller , S . ; Ouziel - Yahalom , L . ; Efrat , S .
Page: 2413-2420 VOL 57 ; PART 9 Date: 2008-September

Intellect calls for more IT in diabetes care

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Intellect calls for more IT in diabetes care
The trade association Intellect has expressed disappointment that the Department of Health's latest policy statement on diabetes fails to give a role to telehealth and telecare.

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· MeReC Extra (No. 35) Controlling blood glucose and reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes http://www.npc.co.uk/MeReC_Extra/2008/no35_2008.html

· MeReC Rapid Review: Effects of pioglitazone▼ on major cardiovascular adverse events in high risk patients with type 2 diabetes http://www.npci.org.uk/blog/?p=201

Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics 2008 ; VOL 10 ; PART 4

The Accuracy of the Guardian RT Continuous Glucose Monitor in Children with Type 1 Diabetes
Publisher (03/1999 - /)
Page: 266-272 Vol/Issue: 2008 ; VOL 10 ; PART 4 Date: 2008/08/01
ISSN Print: 1520-9156 E-ISSN: 1520-9156
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Dosing Accuracy with a Novel Pen Device SoloSTAR as Performed by Patients with Diabetes in a Clinical Setting
Hermanns , N . ; Kulzer , B . ; Haak , T .
Publisher (03/1999 - /)
Page: 322-327 Vol/Issue: 2008 ; VOL 10 ; PART 4 Date: 2008/08/01
ISSN Print: 1520-9156 E-ISSN: 1520-9156
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Pediatric Diabetes Volume 9, Issue 5, 2008

Pages: 431-433
Mucosal immunity and type 1 diabetes: looking at the horizon beyond cow's milk
Melissa D Simpson, Jill M Norris
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/121411257/ABSTRACT


Pages: 434-441
Enhanced levels of cow's milk antibodies in infancy in children who develop type 1 diabetes later in childhood
Kristiina LuopajΣrvi, Erkki Savilahti, Suvi M Virtanen, Jorma Ilonen, Mikael Knip, Hans K ┼kerblom, Outi Vaarala
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/120125409/ABSTRACT

Pages: 442-449
Diagnostic screening of MODY2/GCK mutations in the Norwegian MODY Registry
J°rn V Sagen, Lise Bj°rkhaug, Janne Molnes, Helge Rμder, Louise Grevle, Oddmund S°vik, Anders Molven, Pσl R Nj°lstad
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/120125401/ABSTRACT


Pages: 450-459
Diagnosis and treatment of neonatal diabetes: an United States experience†
Julie St°y, Siri Atma W Greeley, Veronica P Paz, Honggang Ye, Ashley N Pastore, Kinga B Skowron, Rebecca B Lipton, Fran R Cogen, Graeme I Bell, Louis H Philipson
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/120848796/ABSTRACT


Pages: 460-463
Cardiorespiratory fitness and physical activity in youth with type 2 diabetes
Gabriel Q Shaibi, Melissa S Faulkner, Marc J Weigensberg, Cynthia Fritschi, Michael I Goran
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/120125407/ABSTRACT


Pages: 464-471
The triglyceride/HDL-cholesterol ratio as a marker of cardiovascular risk in obese children; association with traditional and emergent risk factors
Zaira Quijada, Mariela Paoli, Yajaira Zerpa, Nolis Camacho, Rosanna Cichetti, Vanessa Villarroel, Gabriela Arata-Bellabarba, Roberto Lanes
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/120125406/ABSTRACT

Pages: 472-479
Improved treatment satisfaction but no difference in metabolic control when using continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion vs. multiple daily injections in children at onset of type 1 diabetes mellitus
Lars Skogsberg, Hans Fors, Ragnar Hanas, JE Chaplin, Elisabeth Lindman, Josefin Skogsberg
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/121382788/ABSTRACT

Pages: 480-487
Assessment of risk factors of poor metabolic control in type 1 diabetic children assisted in a public hospital in Argentina
Marφa B Araujo, Carmen S Mazza
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/121388548/ABSTRACT

Pages: 488-495
Associations of overweight with insulin resistance, β-cell function and inflammatory markers in Chinese adolescents
Alice PS Kong, Kai-Chow Choi, Gary TC Ko, Gary WK Wong, Risa Ozaki, Wing-Yee So, Peter CY Tong, Juliana CN Chan
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/120125408/ABSTRACT

Pages: 496-503
Quality of life, psychological adjustment and metabolic control in youths with type 1 diabetes: a study with self- and parent-report questionnaires
Laura Nardi, Stefano Zucchini, Franco D'Alberton, Silvana Salardi, Giulio Maltoni, Nicoletta Bisacchi, Daniela Elleri, Alessandro Cicognani
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/120125410/ABSTRACT

Pages: 504-507
'Dead-in-bed' syndrome – a diabetes nightmare
Dror Koltin, Denis Daneman
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/120125405/ABSTRACT

Pages: 508-511
Type 1 diabetes, autoimmune thyroid disease, and chronic urticaria
Sharon J Hyman, Wayne G Shreffler, Robert Rapaport
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/120125404/ABSTRACT

Pages: 512-526
Type 2 diabetes mellitus in the child and adolescent
Arlan L Rosenbloom, Janet H Silverstein, Shin Amemiya, Phil Zeitler, Georgeanna J Klingensmith
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/121372844/ABSTRACT

A systematic review of the efficacy of non-pharmacological treatments for depression on glycaemic control in type 2 diabetics

Journal of Clinical Nursing
Volume 17, Issue 19, 2008.
Pages: 2524-2530

A systematic review of the efficacy of non-pharmacological treatments for depression on glycaemic control in type 2 diabetics
Mei-Yeh Wang, Pei-Shan Tsai, Kuei-Ru Chou, Ching-Min Chen

Published Online: 17 Sep 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02301.x

National electronic Library for Medicines (NeLM) Updates

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· RCT: Effect of the frequency of self-monitoring blood glucose in patients with type 2 diabetes treated with oral antidiabetics http://www.nelm.nhs.uk/en/NeLM-Area/News/2008---September/08/RCT-Effect-of-the-frequency-of-self-monitoring-blood-glucose-in-patients-with-type-2-diabetes-treated-with-oral-antidiabetics/

· Horizon scanning: exenatide once-weekly non-inferior to twice daily in type 2 diabetes? http://www.nelm.nhs.uk/en/NeLM-Area/News/2008---September/08/Horizon-scanning-exenatide-once-weekly-non-inferior-to-twice-daily-in-type-2-diabetes-/

· Continuous glucose monitoring may improve outcomes in adults with type 1 diabetes http://www.nelm.nhs.uk/en/NeLM-Area/News/2008---September/09/Continuous-glucose-monitoring-may-improve-outcomes-in-adults-with-type-1-diabetes/

· Lactic acidosis with oral antidiabetic drugs: very rare, and associated with co-morbidities http://www.nelm.nhs.uk/en/NeLM-Area/News/2008---September/10/Lactic-acidosis-with-oral-antidiabetic-drugs-very-rare-and-associated-with-co-morbidities/

· Long-term outcomes of tight glycaemic and BP control in type 2 diabetes http://www.nelm.nhs.uk/en/NeLM-Area/News/2008---September/11/Long-term-outcomes-of-tight-glycaemic-and-BP-control-in-type-2-diabetes/

· Perspective: cardiovascular safety of antidiabetic drugs http://www.nelm.nhs.uk/en/NeLM-Area/News/2008---September/11/Perspective-cardiovascular-safety-of-antidiabetic-drugs/