Diabetes is one of the most common and most challenging diseases in primary care. How best to help your patients achieve glycemic control? To that end, we have created this resource page.
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As early as 1932, physicians noticed an apparent association between type 2 diabetes and increased cancer risk. In recent years, the epidemiological evidence of such an association has mounted steadily—especially with the emergence of large databases, which have allowed us to document the link.
A recent study provides empirical evidence supporting the widely shared view that persons with diabetes mellitus should engage in regular physical activity.Read More
What is known about diabetes mellitus in older adults? How does it affect them differently than younger adults? What can be done to prevent or manage the disease? These questions and more discussed in this report.Read More
Here: a battle plan to address obesity--the root problem of our current epidemic of metabolic syndrome, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus--that involves kicking a sedentary lifestyle. More »
Selecting a drug-eluting stent may reduce the risk of death and myocardial infarction in insulin-dependent patients. Good glycemic control may also make a difference in the risk equation. More »
Researchers have identified metformin, a drug used to treat diabetes, as a way to activate a key protein that can shut down the continued self-renewal process that keeps producing new glioma cells in glioblastoma patients. More »
What is known about diabetes mellitus in older adults, how DM affects them differently than younger adults, what can be done to prevent or manage the disease, and how best to fill critical gaps in the evidence to address older patients’ needs. More »
Short-term sleep deprivation reduces insulin sensitivity in peripheral tissue, including fat cells, possibly leading to type 2 diabetes mellitus or obesity. More »
High to middle levels of physical activity are associated with a lower risk of mortality in patients who have diabetes mellitus, according to a recent study. More »
Only 7% of patients with diabetes have reached goals for hemoglobin A1c, LDL cholesterol, and blood pressure. What can be done to help more patients achieve their goals? In this 2-part interview, Dr Edward Shahady shows how group visits can help your patients with diabetes better control their disease and reduce their risk of diabetic complications.
Commentary on Chuang CM, Lin IF, Horng HC, et al. The impact of gestational diabetes mellitus on postpartum urinary incontinence: a longitudinal cohort study on singleton pregnancies. BJOG 2012;119:1334–43.
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Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is an independent risk factor for stress, urge and mixed urinary incontinence (UI), up to 2 years postpartum.
Commentary on: KrogsbøllLTJørgensenKJGrønhøjLarsen C. General health checks in adults for reducing morbidity and mortality from disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev2012;10:CD009009.
Commentary on: McCoyRGVan HoutenHKZiegenfussJY. Increased mortality of patients with diabetes reporting severe hypoglycemia. <strong>Diabetes</strong> Care2012;35:268–901.
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This retrospective survey of ambulatory patients with diabetes indicates that self-reported sever
Commentary on: Mayberry LS, Osborn CY. Family support, medication adherence, and glycemic control among adults with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care 2012;35:1239–45.
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Understanding the family dynamics is crucial to improve diabetes management.
Family members can both support and sabotage the patient's self-management efforts.
Reviews the evidence for and against hundreds of preventive health services, recommending tests, and counseling interventions when evidence exists that it is effective.
Reviews the evidence for and against hundreds of preventive health services, recommending tests, and counseling interventions when evidence exists that it is effective.
This is followed by the Expert Panel's summary of the evidence review relative to diabetes, separated for type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus, and then by a subsection on ... Metabolically, diabetes is characterized by hyperglycemia due to defects in
More recently, the Nurses' Health Study, using data based on self-reported weights, found that the risk of developing type 2 diabetes increases as BMI increases. ... An association between type 2 diabetes and increasing relative weight is also observed
Primary Care Can't Thrive Without Nurse Practitioners Courtney H. Lyder, ND, May 17, 2013 With a projected shortfall of primary-care physicians, it's time for alternate solutions to patient care. Nurse practitioners are one logical remedy.
Diabetes is one of the most common and most challenging diseases in primary care. How best to help your patients achieve glycemic control? To that end, we have created this resource page.
As early as 1932, physicians noticed an apparent association between type 2 diabetes and increased cancer risk. In recent years, the epidemiological evidence of such an association has mounted steadily—especially with the emergence of large databases, which have allowed us to document the link.
In his second podcast, Dr Louis Kuritzky discusses the classes of incretin-based therapies now available for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Louis Kuritzky, MD, talks about this relatively new treatment option.
How does the chronic care model of diabetes care differ from the acute care model—and how might this approach work for you and your patients?
Dr Robert Gabbay discusses strategies to improve patient compliance with insulin therapy.
How can you determine whether your patient with newly diagnosed diabetes has type I or type II disease?
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