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Socioeconomic status appears linked to mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes
The study looked at data from the Sweden National Diabetes Register to determine what patient characteristics were related to all-cause mortality or death from cardiovascular-, diabetes-, or cancer-related causes.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2016/07/15/3.htm
15 Jul 2016
Spotlight on telehealth for diabetes management
Two recent studies analyzed telehealth interventions to improve glycemic control among patients with type 2 diabetes and high HbA1c levels.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2016/08/12/9.htm
12 Aug 2016
Beyond the Guidelines: Should we screen for type 2 diabetes?
Whether to screen a patient for type 2 diabetes is the focus of a Beyond the Guidelines feature in the Oct. 4 Annals of Internal Medicine.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2016/10/07/6.htm
7 Oct 2016
Weight loss program may improve HbA1c more than typical diabetes nutrition counseling, study finds
Patients participating in Weight Watchers program supplemented with diabetes education lost more weight than a control group by 3, 6, 9, and 12 months of follow-up.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2016/11/11/8.htm
11 Nov 2016
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
Spotlight on activity
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) issued a new position statement on physical activity and exercise, and a recent study offered some additional advice on the topic.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2016/11/11/9.htm
11 Nov 2016
ADA updates medical care standards for diabetes
Areas of the standards that were changed include classifying type 1 diabetes, setting thresholds for metabolic surgery, and emphasizing lifestyle management.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2017/01/13/1.htm
13 Jan 2017
Continuous glucose monitoring associated with lower HbA1c in type 1 diabetes treated with insulin injection
An editorial accompanying the two trials of continuous glucose monitoring stressed that the physicians involved had extensive experience with the technology and noted that the necessary changes in lifestyle and insulin dosing can be variable and complicated.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2017/02/10/3.htm
10 Feb 2017
Exercise tips for type 1 diabetes offered by consensus statement
The consensus statement advises physicians about ways to manage people with type 1 diabetes who exercise regularly, including glucose targets for safe and effective exercise and nutritional and insulin dose adjustments to protect against exercise-related glucose excursions.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2017/02/10/8.htm
10 Feb 2017
Insulin pump didn't improve glycemic control compared to training on injections
British patients with type 1 diabetes were enrolled in group training courses that taught flexible intensive insulin treatment and then randomized to an insulin pump or multiple daily injections and followed for two years.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2017/04/14/3.htm
14 Apr 2017