Search results for "Education"
Herbal capsule may lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes in prediabetes patients
Patients with impaired glucose tolerance who were treated with Chinese herbs for a year were significantly less likely to develop diabetes than matched patients who didn't take the herbs, a study found.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2014/02/14/1.htm
14 Feb 2014
Spotlight on new diabetes technologies
Technological advances that could improve diabetes control in the future made the news in the past month.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2014/02/14/10.htm
14 Feb 2014
Spotlight on screening
New data on who to screen for diabetes and how to screen them were offered by a few studies published in the past month.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2013/01/11/8.htm
11 Jan 2013
Self-monitoring of blood glucose may improve control
Structured self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) improves control and prompts more medication changes in patients with non-insulin-treated type 2 diabetes, a study found.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2013/06/14/1.htm
14 Jun 2013
Spotlight on diabetes prevalence and control
Diabetes became significantly more common from 1999 to 2018, but control of associated risk factors did not, especially in rural areas of the U.S., according to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2021/07/09/5.htm
9 Jul 2021
Spotlight on statins in diabetes
Recent studies looked at how statins negatively affect glycemic control but improve cardiovascular mortality, as well as the reasons patients with diabetes don't receive prescriptions for statins despite recommendations.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2023/04/14/5.htm
14 Apr 2023
Self-monitoring of blood glucose reduced HbA1c in noninsulin-treated patients
Self-monitoring of blood glucose 8 to 11 times a week was more effective than doing so more or less frequently, according to a new meta-analysis.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2022/12/09/1.htm
9 Dec 2022
Spotlight on older diabetes patients
Recent studies of older patients with diabetes described the effectiveness of a lifestyle intervention, low use of continuous glucose monitoring, and high risk of falls with hypoglycemia.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/12/5.htm
12 Aug 2022
Targeting social needs may help improve type 2 diabetes outcomes, review finds
A systematic review found that HbA1c levels were improved significantly by food supplementation with referral and diabetes support, financial incentives with education and skills training, housing relocation with counseling support, and the integration of nonmedical interventions into medical care.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/08/6.htm
8 Jul 2022
Recent articles address federal diabetes programs, type 1 diabetes care
The National Clinical Care Commission made 39 recommendations for improving federal diabetes programs, and the latest In the Clinic article offered advice on diagnosing and treating type 1 diabetes.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/11/6.htm
11 Mar 2022