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Individualized nutrition therapy recommended for diabetes, prediabetes
Adults with diabetes should be referred to individualized, diabetes-focused medical nutrition therapy, while overweight or obese adults with prediabetes should be referred to an intensive lifestyle intervention program and/or medical nutritional therapy, according to the consensus report from the American Diabetes Association.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2019/05/10/1.htm
10 May 2019
Intervention with web-based component appears to raise hypoglycemia awareness
The blood glucose awareness training involved three 2.5-hour group sessions over 4 weeks plus 2 online modules to be done between group meetings.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2016/11/11/3.htm
11 Nov 2016
MKSAP quiz: Glycemic fluctuations in type 1 diabetes
This month's quiz asks readers to evaluate a 25-year-old woman with type 1 diabetes whose treatment regimen is insulin glargine once daily and insulin lispro three times daily.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2018/06/08/4.htm
8 Jun 2018
Spotlight on demographic trends in diabetes
Recent studies looked at prevalence of diagnosed diabetes in the U.S.; trends in hospitalization for diabetic ketoacidosis; and the prevalence of obesity, metabolic syndrome, and diabetes.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2018/04/13/5.htm
13 Apr 2018
Inpatient management by a diabetes team associated with improved readmissions, reduced cost
The retrospective study at a single tertiary care referral medical center compared cost-effectiveness of care from a specialized diabetes team with care from a primary service team.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2018/04/13/3.htm
13 Apr 2018
Review: Quality improvement strategies reduce HbA1c, LDL cholesterol, and BP in diabetes
Researchers reviewed more than 140 randomized trials of quality improvement (QI) strategies for managing adult patients with diabetes.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2012/11/09/8.htm
9 Nov 2012
Risk score may help predict future glycemic control after new diagnosis of diabetes
The most important predictors of the trajectory of glucose control were body mass index and levels of HbA1c and triglycerides, according to the study of registry data from the Netherlands.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2017/12/08/3.htm
8 Dec 2017
New consensus statement on type 2 diabetes changes recommended drugs
The recommendations from the American Diabetes Association and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes encourage use of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2018/10/12/1.htm
12 Oct 2018
Consensus statement offers strategies for preventing hypoglycemia
Consequences of hypoglycemia and strategies to prevent this condition in patients with diabetes were discussed in a recent consensus statement from the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and The Endocrine Society.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2013/05/10/6.htm
10 May 2013
Spotlight on the Diabetes Prevention Program
Data from the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) Outcomes Study showed little effect of diabetes prevention efforts on patients' cognition or coronary artery calcium, according two recent studies.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/09/5.htm
9 Jun 2017