The Best of 2009 - A Year in Review
Dave Joffe, Editor in Chief
Ellen Bailey, PharmD Candidate 2010 University of Florida
Reina Natero, PharmD Candidate 2010 University of Florida

We invite you to review our Best of 2009 edition. During the past year we published over 1,300 items, tools, articles, newsflashes and product reviews. We have gone back and selected the articles and features that will have the greatest impact on your patients' diabetes care. We then added a couple of the best tools and a few questions guaranteed to increase your knowledge. �

This newsletter is a compilation of exceptional articles, tools, and special features taken from this past year.

 

Recommendations and Guidelines

• Doctors Need to Screen Diabetes Patients for Sleep Apnea »

• New Guidelines Address Treatment of Hospitalized Patients with High Blood Sugars »

• New Guides Compare Treatment for Gestational Diabetes »

• New Guidelines for Physical Activity Intervention for Weight Loss »

• New IDF Guidelines on Diabetes Management »

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Lifestyle Modifications

• More Evidence: Low-carb Diet Can Improve Diabetes Control and Reduce
Meds »

• Intensive Lifestyle Intervention Reduces RISKS! »

• When You Eat Vs. What You Eat »


Blood Glucose Control/HbA1c

• New Test for Diagnosis of Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes »


Diabetic Complications

• New Perspectives in Oral Care for Those with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes »


Medications

• Recent Advances in GLP-1 Receptor Agonists in the Treatment
of Type 2 Diabetes »

• Add a Thiazolidinedione or Exenatide to Orals? »

• Metformin Has Long-Term Benefits in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes »


Eye Openers

• Sixty Percent of Those with Diabetes Don't Do It! »

• Diabetes Cases to Double and Costs to Triple by 2034 »

• HCTZ Not a Drug of Choice for Treating Hypertension »


The Good Food News Corner

• Pistachios Deter Obesity and Diabetes »

• Dark Chocolate Eases Emotional Stress »

• Mediterranean Diet Delays Need for Drugs in Diabetes »

• Walnuts Found to Benefit Diabetes Control »


Evidence Based

• ACCORD Study Stops Intensive Diabetes Management Due to
Increase in Deaths »

• ROADMAP Study Demonstrates Significant Reduction of Early Kidney Disease in Type 2's »

• EASD: Insulin Pump and Sensor More Effective than Multiple Daily
Injections »

• Moderate-Fat Diet May Be Better than Low-Fat at Reducing Heart Risks »


Tools

• Cosmo Insulin Pump Replacement Offer Charts »


Test Your Knowledge

• Test Your Knowledge #499
Your patient is a 42-year-old woman who was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes… »

• Test Your Knowledge #488
A 12-year-old black boy undergoes his annual physical examination. »
 
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