Diseases: Diabetes
02/17/2010
Insulin regulates itself
In type 2 diabetes, which is occurring at alarming rates, the hormone insulin does not work effectively to lower blood sugars and patients also do not make enough insulin. These …
02/05/2010
“Get Serious” needs your support
Now firmly established within the social media world - with over 10,000 Facebook fans, over 2,500 followers on Twitter, and many more supporters across other sites - we need our …
02/05/2010
Endocrine Society: No change in blood sugar control goals
A study published this week in Lancet suggests that low A1C levels may be just as dangerous as high A1C levels in diabetes patients with respect to mortality and cardiovascular …
01/25/2010
Glucose monitoring: from lab to POC?
According to estimates up to 450 million patients will suffer from diabetes in the year 2025 (currently 250 million). In view of this, glucose monitoring is of utmost importance. …
01/06/2010
Childhood metabolic measurements may predict diabetes development years later
A child's blood pressure, body mass index, blood glucose level and other laboratory tests and simple office measures may predict the risk of developing type 2 diabetes nine and 26 …
09/29/2009
Bayer Diabets launched DIDGET
Bayer Diabetes Care in the UK and Ireland has launched Didget, the first and only blood glucose meter for diabetic children that connects directly to Nintendo DS and DS Lite …
09/17/2009
Child diabetes cases set to soar across Europe
Expert advises specific strategies should be developed to deal with this relatively new patient group. …
09/01/2009
Successful self-monitoring of blood glucose
Common European guidelines for self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) designed to improve glucose management in diabetics …
09/01/2009
The 45th Annual Meeting of the European Association or the Study of Diabetes
Vienna, Austria 30 September 2 October …
09/01/2009
Enjoying childhood despite being a type 1 diabetic
Type 1 diabetes is a life-long autoimmune disease with onset in early childhood. The diagnosis will initially turn the everyday life of children and their families topsy-turvy due …
09/01/2009
Russian endocrinology
The fact that child diabetics (type I) in Russia do not receive necessary and qualitative therapy was again highlighted during the 7th Russian conference The priority national …
09/01/2009
The St Vincent Declaration: 20 years on And still diabetes increases
Martin Steinberg reports …
09/01/2009
Europes diabetes dilemma
The difference in the prevalence of diabetes in European countries is striking. Meike Lerner asked Sir Michael Hirst, Vice President of the International Diabetes Federation, why, …
09/01/2009
Research on insulin cancer risk rings alarm
Four different population-based studies, recently published in Diabetelogia, the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), examine a possible link …
07/01/2009
Changing approaches to wound management
In recent years wound management has been primarily nurse-led, and not benefited from a multi-disciplinary approach. This must change, said Madeleine Flanagan, Principal Lecturer …
07/01/2009
Diabetes management
This April, scientists, physicians, nurses, diabetes organisation heads, patients and representatives from Bayer HealthCare Diabetes Care gathered in Basel, Switzerland, for the …
07/01/2009
Young diabetics use mobiles for self-management
A telemedicine programme, run through Leicester University Hospitals since last November, allows parents and young patients with Type 1 diabetes to use their mobile phone to …
01/09/2009
Diabetes: Low-glycemic food decreases risk for heart diseases
A study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) recently has found that those with type 2 diabetes who had a diet high in low-glycemic foods such as …
11/20/2008
Revisions to the diabetes treatment algorithm
A panel of experts, convened by the American Diabetes Association and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, has issued updated treatment recommendations for type 2 …
11/20/2008
Obese children at higher risk for premature heart disease
The obesity epidemic is increasingly affecting young teens worldwide. In the USA the epidemic is well-established: more than 17% of children are obese and about a third of those …
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