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Monday 25 January 2010

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009, Issue 1.

Low glycaemic index, or low glycaemic load, diets for diabetes mellitus
Diana Thomas, Elizabeth J Elliott
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009, Issue 1.
The result of Thomas et al's research suggests that a low glycaemic index or low glycaemic load diet could be a used in conjunction with other therapies to control blood glucose in people with diabetes.
Abstract

BMJ 2010;340

Research
The association between symptomatic, severe hypoglycaemia and mortality in type 2 diabetes: retrospective epidemiological analysis of the ACCORD study
Denise E Bonds et al.
BMJ 2010;340 b4909

The effects of baseline characteristics, glycaemia treatment approach, and glycated haemoglobin concentration on the risk of severe hypoglycaemia: post hoc epidemiological analysis of the ACCORD study
Michael E Miller et al.
BMJ 2010;340 b5444



BMJ 2009;339

Letters
Time to rethink aspirin in diabetes?
Soon H Song, Trevor A Gray, and Solomon Tesfaye
BMJ 2009;339 b5588