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[NEWS] BMJ Group Awards--shortlisted candidates in nine categories
BMJ current issue - Jan 29, 2009 (19 hours ago)

BOOK REVIEW: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: An Evidence-Based Approach to Practical Management
...type 2 diabetes and its coexisting diseases among people of all ...
New England Journal of Medicine - Jan 28, 2009 (2 days ago)

[LETTERS] Cut caffeine in pregnancy?
BMJ current issue - Jan 28, 2009 (2 days ago)

[EDITORIALS] Heart failure with a normal ejection fraction
BMJ current issue - Jan 27, 2009 (3 days ago)

[CLINICAL REVIEW] HIV infection, antiretroviral treatment, ageing, and non-AIDS related morbidity
BMJ current issue - Jan 26, 2009 (4 days ago)

[NEWS] Drug eluting stents remain a "major concern" in the longer term, finds study
BMJ current issue - Jan 22, 2009 12:02 PM

CORRESPONDENCE: Follow-up of Intensive Glucose Control in Type 2 Diabetes
...Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) reported by Holman et al. (Oct. 9 issue)1 shows the ...
New England Journal of Medicine - Jan 21, 2009 10:38 PM

[NEWS] Aid agencies face daunting humanitarian task in war ravaged Gaza
BMJ current issue - Jan 21, 2009 5:31 PM

[NEWS] Two thirds of US prisoners with chronic conditions in local jails do not get medical care, study shows
BMJ current issue - Jan 20, 2009 11:35 AM

[NEWS] Eli Lilly pays record $1.4bn for promoting off-label use of olanzapine
BMJ current issue - Jan 20, 2009 11:35 AM

[EDITORIALS] Antibiotic prophylaxis for minor dermatological surgery in primary care
BMJ current issue - Jan 15, 2009 12:09 PM

COMMENTARY: Transparency Standards for Diabetes Performance Measures
JAMA current issue - Jan 13, 2009 9:19 PM

COMMENTARY: Sliding Scale Insulin--Time to Stop Sliding
JAMA current issue - Jan 13, 2009 9:19 PM

[Case Report] The insulin ball
...type 1 diabetes, was admitted to our hospital, for investigation of apparent insulin resistance. Since January, 2004, he had been taking insulin in a longacting (glargine) and a shortacting (lispro) form, at a total of 66 units a day. Despite the dose being gradually increased to 94 units a day, his blood glucose concentrations had subsequently ...
The Lancet - Jan 9, 2009 10:18 AM

[Comment] International collaborative research on Charcot's disease
...Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases and the Office of Rare Diseases of the National Institutes of Health hosted an international symposium on Charcot's disease of the foot (neuroarthropathy) in diabetes, in Bethesda, MD, USA. The intention was to bring together experts from different countries with the aim of promoting internati...
The Lancet - Jan 9, 2009 10:18 AM

[Correspondence] Exenatide for type 2 diabetes
...type 2 diabetes (Oct 4, p 1240) is questionable. Drucker and colleagues found that the weekly treatment was superior to the twice daily regimen; however, the study was only designed to test non-inferiority, and no analysis of superiority, should the demonstration of non-inferiority be found, was apparently planned. As a consequence, we cannot ex...
The Lancet - Jan 9, 2009 10:18 AM

[Correspondence] Exenatide for type 2 diabetes – Authors' reply
Although not explicitly stated in our paper, the study was designed as a non-inferiority trial followed by a test of superiority if non-inferiority was concluded. Specifically, a two-sided 95% CI was used to compare the active treatment with the control. In such tests, if the upper limit of the CI falls below the prespecified non-inferiority margin...
The Lancet - Jan 9, 2009 10:18 AM

[FEATURE] Unravelling the secrets of ageing
BMJ current issue - Jan 8, 2009 5:17 PM

CME: Glucose Control and Vascular Complications in Veterans with Type 2 Diabetes
(No abstract is available for this citation)
New England Journal of Medicine - Jan 7, 2009 10:39 PM

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Glucose Control and Vascular Complications in Veterans with Type 2 Diabetes
...type 2 diabetes were randomly assigned to receive either standard or intensive glucose control. Other cardiovascular risk factors were treated uniformly. The glycated hemoglobin goal was an absolute reduction of 1.5 percentage points in the intensive-therapy group. There was no significant difference between the two groups for the rates of major...
New England Journal of Medicine - Jan 7, 2009 10:39 PM

CORRESPONDENCE: Continuous Glucose Monitoring and Type 1 Diabetes
...The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Continuous Glucose Monitoring Study Group (Oct. 2 issue)1 concluded that "continuous glucose ...
New England Journal of Medicine - Jan 7, 2009 10:39 PM

[RESEARCH] Comorbidity and repeat admission to hospital for adverse drug reactions in older adults: retrospective cohort study
...moderate diabetes (1.18, 1.07 to 1.30), diabetes with chronic complications (1.91, 1.65 to 2.22), renal disease (1.93, 1.71 to 2.17), any malignancy including lymphoma and leukaemia (1.87, 1.68 to 2.09), and metastatic solid tumours (2.25, 1.92 to 2.64) were strong predictive factors. Comorbidities requiring continuing care predicted a reduced l...
BMJ current issue - Jan 7, 2009 6:05 PM

[EDITORIALS] Readmissions as a result of adverse drug reactions in older people
BMJ current issue - Jan 7, 2009 6:05 PM

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION: Effect of Selenium and Vitamin E on Risk of Prostate Cancer and Other Cancers: The Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT)
...type 2 diabetes mellitus in the selenium group (relative risk, 1.07; 99% CI, 0.94-1.22; P = .16) but not in the selenium + vitamin E group. Conclusion Selenium or vitamin E, alone or in combination at the doses and formulations used, did not prevent prostate cancer in this population of relatively healthy men. Trial Registration clinicaltrials...
JAMA current issue - Jan 6, 2009 9:22 PM

[CLINICAL REVIEW] Evaluating cardiovascular risk assessment for asymptomatic people
BMJ current issue - Jan 5, 2009 12:31 PM

[PRACTICE] Diabetic ketoacidosis caused by exposure of insulin pump to heat and sunlight
BMJ current issue - Jan 5, 2009 12:31 PM

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Shared and Distinct Genetic Variants in Type 1 Diabetes and Celiac Disease
...Type 1 diabetes and celiac disease, both of which are associated with HLA class II genes, cosegregate in populations, suggesting a common genetic origin. In this article, the authors tested whether any non-HLA loci are shared. They report susceptibility alleles shared by both diseases, indicating that common biologic mechanisms underlie these im...
New England Journal of Medicine - Dec 24, 2008 10:47 PM

EDITORIAL: Shared Genetic Risk Factors for Type 1 Diabetes and Celiac Disease
Some families seem to be afflicted with more than their fair share of chronic illness -- and sometimes more than one. Why does a particular disease develop in some members ...
New England Journal of Medicine - Dec 24, 2008 10:47 PM

CORRESPONDENCE: Concordance for Islet Autoimmunity among Monozygotic Twins
...type 1 diabetes among the monozygotic twins of patients with type 1 diabetes is ...
New England Journal of Medicine - Dec 24, 2008 10:47 PM

FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION: State-Specific Incidence of Diabetes Among Adults--Participating States, 1995-1997 and 2005-2007
JAMA current issue - Dec 23, 2008 9:34 PM

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION: Short Sleep Duration and Incident Coronary Artery Calcification
...diabetes, inflammatory markers, alcohol consumption, depression, hostility, self-reported medical conditions) were measured at both baseline and follow-up. Sleep metrics (wrist actigraphy measured duration and fragmentation, daytime sleepiness, overall quality, self-reported duration) were examined for association with incident calcification. Pa...
JAMA current issue - Dec 23, 2008 9:34 PM

REVIEW: Birth Weight and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review
...type 2 diabetes. However, the strength, consistency, independence, and shape of the association have not been systematically examined. Objective To conduct a quantitative systematic review examining published evidence on the association of birth weight and type 2 diabetes in adults. Data Sources and Study Selection Relevant studies published b...
JAMA current issue - Dec 23, 2008 9:34 PM

EARLY RELEASE: Glucose Control and Vascular Complications in Veterans with Type 2 Diabetes
...type 2 diabetes mellitus remain uncertain. Methods We randomly assigned 1791 military veterans (mean age, 60.4 ...
New England Journal of Medicine - Dec 17, 2008 11:18 PM

[RESEARCH METHODS & REPORTING] Evaluating service delivery interventions to enhance patient safety
BMJ current issue - Dec 17, 2008 11:41 AM

LETTERS: Arsenic Exposure and Diabetes Mellitus in the United States--Reply
JAMA current issue - Dec 16, 2008 9:54 PM

REVIEW: Long-term All-Cause Mortality in Cancer Patients With Preexisting Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
...Diabetes mellitus appears to be a risk factor for some cancers, but the effect of preexisting diabetes on all-cause mortality in newly diagnosed cancer patients is less clear. Objective To perform a systematic review and meta-analysis comparing overall survival in cancer patients with and without preexisting diabetes. Data Sources We searched ...
JAMA current issue - Dec 16, 2008 9:54 PM

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION: Effect of a Low-Glycemic Index or a High-Cereal Fiber Diet on Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Trial
...type 2 diabetes but debate over their effectiveness continues due to trial limitations. Objective To test the effects of low–glycemic index diets on glycemic control and cardiovascular risk factors in patients with type 2 diabetes. Design, Setting, and Participants A randomized, parallel study design at a Canadian university hospital research ...
JAMA current issue - Dec 16, 2008 9:54 PM

LETTERS: Arsenic Exposure and Diabetes Mellitus in the United States
JAMA current issue - Dec 16, 2008 9:54 PM

[ANALYSIS] New design rules for driving innovation in access to secondary care in the NHS
BMJ current issue - Dec 15, 2008 4:57 PM

[PRACTICE] Obesity and pregnancy
BMJ current issue - Dec 15, 2008 12:42 PM

[PRACTICE] Planning a patient's discharge from hospital
BMJ current issue - Dec 12, 2008 3:58 PM

[Correspondence] Renal outcomes in the ONTARGET study
...disease or diabetes and end-organ damage. Combination treatment had previously shown beneficial effects in the progression of diabetic and non-diabetic renal disease. Such studies, combined with the hypothesis that reducing proteinuria is the key to a better renal prognosis, prompted the extensive use of combination treatment among nephrologists...
The Lancet - Dec 12, 2008 10:44 AM

[EDITORIALS] Promotion of exercise in primary care
BMJ current issue - Dec 12, 2008 5:00 AM

[EDITORIALS] The health of nations
BMJ current issue - Dec 11, 2008 6:22 PM

EARLY RELEASE: Shared and Distinct Genetic Variants in Type 1 Diabetes and Celiac Disease
...type 1 diabetes and celiac disease, cosegregate in populations, suggesting a common genetic origin. Since both diseases are associated with the HLA class II genes on ...
New England Journal of Medicine - Dec 10, 2008 10:40 PM

EARLY RELEASE: Shared Genetic Risk Factors for Type 1 Diabetes and Celiac Disease
(No abstract is available for this citation)
New England Journal of Medicine - Dec 10, 2008 10:40 PM

[EDITORIALS] Cardiovascular disease and cancer in very old age
BMJ current issue - Dec 10, 2008 1:14 PM

[NEWS] US company designs gun for people with arthritic hands
BMJ current issue - Dec 10, 2008 1:14 PM

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION: Effect of Selenium and Vitamin E on Risk of Prostate Cancer and Other Cancers: The Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT)
...type 2 diabetes mellitus in the selenium group (relative risk, 1.07; 99% CI, 0.94-1.22; P = .16) but not in the selenium + vitamin E group.Conclusion Selenium or vitamin E, alone or in combination at the doses and formulations used, did not prevent prostate cancer in this population of relatively healthy men.Trial Registration clinicaltrials.g...
JAMA current issue - Dec 9, 2008 9:29 PM

Diabtes News from NPC and NeLM

National Prescribing Centre (NPC): http://www.npc.co.uk
* MeReC Monthly No. 9: Aspirin ineffective for primary prevention in patients with diabetes The CV risk of NSAIDs: final analysis of APPROVe Concomitant use of an SSRI and an NSAID increases the risk of upper GI bleeding Internet-based learning in health professionals http://www.npc.co.uk/MeReC_Monthly/monthly_december_2008.html



NPCi Blog http://www.npci.org.uk/blog/
* MeReC Rapid Review: Once again, intensive glucose control does not benefit people with established type 2 diabetes if other cardiovascular risk factors are addressed http://www.npci.org.uk/blog/?p=258


National electronic Library for Medicines (NeLM): http://www.nelm.nhs.uk
* Case report: Diabetic ketoacidosis caused by exposure of insulin pump to heat and sunlight http://www.nelm.nhs.uk/en/NeLM-Area/News/2009---January/06/Case-report-Diabetic-ketoacidosis-caused-by-exposure-of-insulin-pump-to-heat-and-sunlight/

Diabetes Care 31/12

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Meta - Analysis Depression and type 2 diabetes over the lifespan : a meta - analysis
Mezuk , B . ; Eaton , W . W . ; Albrecht , S . ; Golden , S . H .
Page: 2383-2390 Vol/Issue: 2008 ; VOL 31 ; PART 12 Date: 2008-December

Meta - Analysis Diabetes and risk of non - Hodgkin's lymphoma : a meta - analysis of observational studies
Mitri , J . ; Castillo , J . ; Pittas , A . G .
Page: 2391-2397 Vol/Issue: 2008 ; VOL 31 ; PART 12 Date: 2008-December

Meta - Analysis Depression and diabetes treatment nonadherence : a meta - analysis
Gonzalez , J . S . ; Peyrot , M . ; McCarl , L . A . ; Collins , E . M . ; Serpa , L . ; Mimiaga , M . J . ; Safren , S . A .
Page: 2398-2403 Vol/Issue: 2008 ; VOL 31 ; PART 12 Date: 2008-December

Perspectives on the News American College of Endocrinology Pre - Diabetes Consensus Conference : part three
Bloomgarden , Z . T .
Page: 2404-2409 Vol/Issue: 2008 ; VOL 31 ; PART 12 Date: 2008-December

Editorial A break in the brake mechanism in diabetes : a cause of postprandial hyperglycemia
Vinik , A . ; Nakave , A . ; del Pilar Silva Chuecos , M .
Page: 2410-2413 Vol/Issue: 2008 ; VOL 31 ; PART 12 Date: 2008-December

Cases Journal - latest diabetes articles

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Caudal regression syndrome and popliteal webbing in connection with maternal diabetes mellitus: a case report and literature review

Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics 10/6

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Self - Monitoring of Blood Glucose ( SMBG ) in Insulin - and Non - Insulin - Using Adults with Diabetes : Consensus Recommendations for Improving SMBG Accuracy , Utilization , and Research
Hirsch , Irl B . ; Bode , Bruce W ; Childs , Belinda P . ; Close , Kelly L . ; Fisher , William A . ; Gavin , James R . ; Ginsberg , Barry H . ; Raine , Charles H . ; Verderese , Carol A .
Page: 419-439 Vol/Issue: 2008 ; VOL 10 ; PART 6 Date: 2008/12/01

Bolus Calculator : A Review of Four " Smart " Insulin Pumps
Zisser , Howard ; Robinson , Lauren ; Bevier , Wendy ; Dassau , Eyal ; Ellingsen , Christian ; Doyle , Francis J . ; Jovanovic , Lois
Page: 441-444 Vol/Issue: 2008 ; VOL 10 ; PART 6 Date: 2008/12/01


Assessing the Performance of Handheld Glucose Testing for Critical Care
Kost , Gerald J . ; Tran , Nam K . ; Louie , Richard F . ; Gentile , Nicole L . ; Abad , Victor J
Page: 445-451 Vol/Issue: 2008 ; VOL 10 ; PART 6 Date: 2008/12/01


Preclinical In Vivo Study of a Fluorescence Affinity Sensor for Short - Term Continuous Glucose Monitoring in a Small and Large Animal Model
Dutt - Ballerstadt , Ralph ; Evans , Colton ; Gowda , Ashok ; McNichols , Roger
Page: 453-460 Vol/Issue: 2008 ; VOL 10 ; PART 6 Date: 2008/12/01

Diabetes Distress and Its Association with Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Treated with Pramlintide as an Adjunct to Insulin Therapy
Peyrot , Mark ; Rubin , Richard R ; Polonsky , William H .
Page: 461-466 Vol/Issue: 2008 ; VOL 10 ; PART 6 Date: 2008/12/01


Standardized Evaluation of Nine Instruments for Self - Monitoring of Blood Glucose
Kristensen , Gunn B . B . ; Monsen , Grete ; Skeie , Svein ; Sandberg , Sverre
Page: 467-477 Vol/Issue: 2008 ; VOL 10 ; PART 6 Date: 2008/12/01


The Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Properties of Different Formulations of Biphasic Insulin Aspart : A Randomized , Glucose Clamp , Crossover Study
Heise , T . ; Eckers , U . ; Kanc , K . ; Nielsen , J . N . ; Nosek , L .
Page: 479-485 Vol/Issue: 2008 ; VOL 10 ; PART 6 Date: 2008/12/01


Skin Heat Dissipation : The Influence of Diabetes , Skin Thickness , and Subcutaneous Fat Thickness
Petrofsky , Jerrold S . ; McLellan , Katie ; Bains , Gurinder S . ; Prowse , Michelle ; Ethiraju , Gomathi ; Lee , Scott ; Gunda , Shashi ; Lohman , Everett ; Schwab , Ernie
Page: 487-493 Vol/Issue: 2008 ; VOL 10 ; PART 6 Date: 2008/12/01

Better Postprandial Glucose Stability During Continuous Subcutaneous Infusion with Insulin Aspart Compared with Insulin Lispro in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes
Bartolo , Paolo Di ; Pellicano , Francesca ; Scaramuzza , Antonio ; Sardu , Cipriana ; Casetti , Tino ; Bosi , Emanuele ; Miselli , Valerio ; Br and olini , Sara ; Fabbri , Tiziano ; Me and ri , Piero ; Cannatá ; a , Francesco
Page: 495-498 Vol/Issue: 2008 ; VOL 10 ; PART 6 Date: 2008/12/01

Proceedings and Short Reports of an International Symposium on SMBG , Italy , May 2008
Alzaid , Aus ; Khamseh , Mohammad E .
Page: 499-505 Vol/Issue: 2008 ; VOL 10 ; PART 6 Date: 2008/12/01

The Poincarâ ; e Plot , but Not the Correlation R Value , Is a Good Marker of Temporal Variability of CGMS Data
Molnâ ; ar , Gergè ; o A . ; Boros , Andrâ ; as G . ; Pâ ; otâ ; o , Lâ ; aszlâ ; o ; Tamaskâ ; o , Mâ ; onika ; Wittmann , Istvâ ; an
Page: 506-507 Vol/Issue: 2008 ; VOL 10 ; PART 6 Date: 2008/12/01

Correction
Page: 508 Vol/Issue: 2008 ; VOL 10 ; PART 6 Date: 2008/12/01

NICE diabetes updates

The following guidance has been published or updated:

Diabetes - type 2 (update)
Type 2 diabetes newer agents