Resources

In this week’s Homerun Slides, we wrap up our series on Provier Evolution with a comparison of the PCMH and ACO models and then an example of how the two can be bundled to work within one system….

Ramsi Ajjan John, who is a 61-year-old postman, presents to his GP with a 6-week history of increasing tiredness, polyuria and polydipsia. He has also noticed weight loss over the past 6 months (around 5 kg) and an irritating cough that seems to have coincided with him stopping smoking around …

Acarbose is similar to metformin in efficacy in new study…. 

Gastric bypass surgery improves glycemic control levels and significantly reduces weight…. 

Researchers have homed in on the group B coxsackie viruses….

Older people who nap longer than 30 minutes are at an increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes…. 

Type 1 diabetes patients were more likely to have had a stroke if they had blood vessel-related kidney and eye damage…. 

It is time to bust the myth of the role of saturated fat in heart disease, argues Aseem Malhotra, interventional cardiology specialist registrar at Croydon University Hospital in London, in an Observations piece in BMJ…. 

Noninsulin-treated type 2 diabetes patients may benefit from intensive structured self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG)…. 

Increased risk of metabolic syndrome may occur among those who are heavy drinkers….