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With this week’s Homerun Slides, we cover topics including: Importance of Early Treatment; What Anti-VEGF is Best for DME; Intravitreal Steroid Implants; and "Does Good Blood Glucose Control Even Matter Once We Start Using anti-VEGF Agents for DR/DME?"…. To download this set of Homerun Slides in PowerPoint format (.ppt) just use …

David Levy, MD, FRCP Patients in the Intensive Care Unit Hyperglycemia, whether associated with known diabetes or not, carries a poor prognosis in critically ill patients through multiple mechanisms, including vascular disease, polyneuropathy, an increased tendency to infection, dyslipidemia, and abnormal anti-inflammatory and coagulation responses. Consistent near-normoglycemia has therefore been a …

  Type 1 and type 2 diabetes (T1D and T2D) both present with hyperglycemia and have similar chronic complications.

Dietary recommendations introduced for 220 million US and 56 million UK citizens by 1983 did not have sufficient supporting evidence from randomized controlled trials… National dietary guidelines were introduced in 1977 and 1983, by the US and UK governments, respectively, with the ambition of reducing coronary heart disease (CHD) by …

Using these 4 new sites for testing blood sugars will allow patients’ finger tips to get back to normal…

In the meta-analysis, women also had twice the excess risk of fatal and nonfatal vascular events, compared with men with type 1 diabetes… Australian researchers have done a meta-analysis to provide reliable estimates of any sex differences in the effect of type 1 diabetes on risk of all-cause mortality and …

Life expectancy may be reduced after bariatric surgery for patients with a BMI more than 62 kg/m2 … Super obese patients with diabetes may not get the same benefits from bariatric surgery as those who with BMIs less than 62, according to published research. “For most patients with diabetes and …

In this longitudinal population-based study, 1609 patients were followed between 2002 and 2014 (mean, 10.9 years) to determine whether prediabetes affected risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) or diabetes mellitus (DM)… No association was found between prediabetes and the development of cardiovascular disease using models that were adjusted for several factors …

Blood pressure-lowering treatment among patients with type 2 diabetes is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and heart disease events and improved mortality, according to a study… By 2030, it is estimated that there will be at least 400 million individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus worldwide. …

Structured intervention led by Community Health Workers shows success…. Noticeable discrepancies exist among Latinos American in socioeconomic status, health insurance coverage, and use and quality of healthcare services. Obesity and physical inactivity which is associated with poor diabetes control are more prevalent among this population. A recent study has been …