Optimal glycemic control during the first years after a latent autoimmune diabetes of adulthood diagnosis could prevent people’s microvascular complication risk from equaling that seen in those with type 2 diabetes, shows an analysis of the UKPDS.
Uazman Alam and colleagues interrogate current evidence and real-world clinical scenarios to address whether enough is being done with the tools available to screen and diagnose diabetic neuropathy [read more].
Obese patients with type 2 diabetes who undergo bariatric surgery achieve large reductions in their risk for microvascular complications, shows a real-world study.
A study of patients from US administrative claims databases finds no evidence that use of canagliflozin increases the risk for below the knee amputation when compared with other sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors or with other antidiabetic medications.
We present one successful case that demonstrates a significantly beneficial effect of physical exercise and lifestyle intervention in the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus [read more]. Deng Z et al. Diabetes Ther 2018. doi: 10.1007/s13300-018-0448-7
In this case report, we show the utility of using the sensor augmented pump in the perioperative phase of a patient with type 1 diabetes undergoing an isolated kidney transplantation [read more]. Zivkovic M, Petrovski G, Bitoska I. Acta Diabetol 2018; Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s00592-018-1147-6
Editorial Board member Jay Shubrook and lead author on the American Diabetes Association’s (ADA) 2017 Position Statement on diabetes and hypertension, Ian de Boer, summarize key updates to the recommendations for practitioners in the United States [watch the video 11:32].
The authors report the case of an 18-year-old girl with Graves' disease, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, and multiple islet autoantibodies, presenting with relapsing/remitting hyperglycemia [read more]. van Megen KM et al. Diabetologia 2017; 60: 2252. doi: 10.1007/s00125-017-4403-3
Cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction in people with longstanding type 1 diabetes “might be a reversible condition,” say researchers who discovered it can be transiently improved with oxygen and breathing exercises.
Negative pressure wound therapy does not improve the closure of chronic diabetic foot wounds compared with current standard treatment in German real-life clinical practice, multicenter trial findings suggest.
People with diabetes have a higher incidence of lower extremity amputation than those without, and individuals with type 1 diabetes have a particularly high risk, research suggests.
This content collection provides an overview of the epidemiology and diagnosis of diabetic foot complications, and outlines management approaches for this potentially limb- and life-threatening complication in patients with diabetes.
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