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Edited by Trisha Dunning AM, RN, MEd, PhD, CDE, FRCNA and Glenn Ward MBBS, BSc, DPhil (Oxon), FRACP, FRCPath Mrs. MJ was referred to a diabetes centre by her GP.  Mrs. MJ, a 60-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes since 2000, presents with…

Glucagon-like peptide-1 mimetics improve certain cardiovascular risk factors, although it is unclear if the observed benefits are direct effects or indirect effects due to weight loss. Improvements in systolic blood pressure seen in exenatide and liraglutide trials are illustrated in Figure 3. The decreases in systolic blood pressure range from …

Is working the night shift bad for you?…

Conventional glucose control monitoring methods may not be as meaningful in diabetes patients with end-stage renal disease, researchers found. Patients on dialysis will normally show a lower A1c than they actually have, giving patients and physicians a false sense of security.… The Gold standard long-term glucose monitoring test for patients …

Defective skin barrier function, as evidenced by common filaggrin mutations, may predispose patients to type 2 diabetes.…

Although many older diabetes patients have good bone density scores, they are as prone to fractures as people with osteoporosis.…

This week we finish up our Homerun Slides series from Dr. Aaron Vinik.…

This week’s slide collection courtesy Dr. Aaron Vinik, includes coverage of the advantages of fMRI scans and the most commonly used pain scales….

In a study of asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes, women had a lower cardiac event rate than men, although screening for silent myocardial ischemia did not benefit either sex.…

"On inspection the feet may look normal. There may be autonomic features of dry skin; distended veins that fail to collapse on raising the feet first described by my mentor Professor John Ward, There may be neuropathic oedema."