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Tuesday, January 29th, 2013
Clinical Diabetes: Winter 2013 ype 2 diabetes has become a worldwide epidemic, estimated to affect 1 in 14 adults, or 380 million people, globally by 2025.1,2 The problem is particularly acute in Australia, where the prevalence of diagnosed diabetes more than doubled between 1989 and 2005, amounting to 3 million people affected by the disease.3,4 Diabetes is the […]
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2013
Diabetes Care: November 12, 2012 OBJECTIVE This study addresses the strength of association for the bidirectional relationship between type 2 diabetes and depression. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We used two cohort studies with the same source of database to determine the link between depression and type 2 diabetes. The data analyzed included a random sample of 1 million […]
Minority Diabetes Reports
Thursday, January 24th, 2013
Diabetes Care: January 22, 2013 OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to describe the incidence of type 1 diabetes in children in Philadelphia from 2000–2004, compare the epidemiology to the previous three cohorts in the Philadelphia Pediatric Diabetes Registry, and, for the first time, describe the incidence of type 2 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Diabetes cases […]
Minority Diabetes Reports
Thursday, January 24th, 2013
Biomed Central: January 17, 2013 Background Few studies have focused on the relationship between the retail food environment and household food supplies. This study examines spatial access to retail food stores, food shopping habits, and nutrients available in household food supplies among 50 Mexican-origin families residing in Texas border colonias. Methods The design was cross-sectional; data […]
Minority Diabetes Reports
Thursday, January 24th, 2013
Voxxi: January 16, 2013 Located at the Brownsville Regional Campus of the University of Texas School of Public Health, the Hispanic Health Research Center focuses on identifying and studying the most prevalent risk factors for obesity and diabetes among Mexican Americans in the Rio Grande Valley. The organization was created in 2003 through funding from the National Center […]
Minority Diabetes Reports
Thursday, January 24th, 2013
The Diabetes Educator: November 13, 2012 Purpose The purpose of this study was to develop a lifestyle change program for Native American youth by modifying the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) and assess implementation indicators and short term behavioral and physiological outcomes of the intervention among a small pilot sample. Methods Community members and project staff modified the original […]
Minority Diabetes Reports
Thursday, January 24th, 2013
The Neighborhood Health Talker Project The Diabetes Educator: November 13, 2012 Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate a community-based diabetes education pilot project. The Neighborhood Health Talker project aimed to train and implement cultural health brokers primarily targeting communities of color to improve community members’ diabetes knowledge and diabetes self-management skills. A secondary aim […]
Clinical Trial News
Thursday, January 24th, 2013
A prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled study Diabetes Care: January 22, 2013 OBJECTIVE To check the hypothesis that myo-inositol supplementation may reduce gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) onset in pregnant women with a family history of type 2 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A 2-year, prospective, randomized, open-label, placebo-controlled study was carried out in pregnant outpatients with a parent with type 2 […]
Clinical Trial News
Thursday, January 24th, 2013
Diabetes Care: January 22, 2013 OBJECTIVE Patients with diabetes and insulin therapy with human insulin were usually instructed to use an interval of 20–30 min between the injection and meal. We examined the necessity of the injection-to-meal interval (IMI) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and flexible insulin therapy with human insulin. RESEARCH DESIGN AND […]
Clinical Trial News
Thursday, January 24th, 2013
A 26-week, randomized, open-label, parallel-group, treat-to-target trial in people with type 2 diabetes Diabetes Care: January 22, 2013 OBJECTIVE The requirement to inject current basal insulin analogs at a fixed time each day may complicate adherence and compromise glycemic control. This trial evaluated the efficacy and safety of varying the daily injection time of insulin degludec (IDeg), […]
