Diabetes Care: March 1, 2013 Type 2 diabetes is an increasingly common disease (1) that places a considerable economic burden on society. An estimated 171 million people were suffering from diabetes in 2000, and this number could total 366 million by 2030 (1). Type 2 diabetes accounts for more than 90% of all diabetes cases, and […]
JAMA Intern Medicine: February 25, 2013 Importance Acute pancreatitis has significant morbidity and mortality. Previous studies have raised the possibility that glucagonlike peptide 1 (GLP-1)–based therapies, including a GLP-1 mimetic (exenatide) and a dipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitor (sitagliptin phosphate), may increase the risk of acute pancreatitis. Objective To test whether GLP-1–based therapies such as exenatide and […]
CDC: February 21, 2013 Introduction The Chronic Care Model (CCM) uses a systematic approach to restructuring medical care to create partnerships between health systems and communities. The objective of this study was to describe how researchers have applied CCM in US primary care settings to provide care for people who have diabetes and to describe […]
Health Day: February 20, 2013 WEDNESDAY, Feb. 20 (HealthDay News) — A staggering one in eight Americans has been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, a new Harris Interactive/HealthDay poll suggests. And more than one third of those polled have been diagnosed with diabetes or have a parent, sibling, spouse or child with the condition. “Type 2 diabetes […]
The Diabetes Educator: February 20, 2013 Purpose Diabetes educators lack data systems to monitor diabetes self-management education processes and programs. The purpose of the study is to explore diabetes educator’s insights in using a diabetes education data management program: the Chronicle Diabetes system. Methods We conducted 1 focus group with 8 diabetes educators who use the Chronicle system […]
SAGE: February 14, 2013 Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship among spiritual and religious beliefs and practices, social support, and diabetes self-care activities in African Americans with type 2 diabetes, hypothesizing that there would be a positive association. Method This cohort study used a cross-sectional design that focused on baseline data from […]
Diabetes Care: February 7, 2013 OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of a culturally adapted, primary care–based nurse–community health worker (CHW) team intervention to support diabetes self-management on diabetes control and other biologic measures. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Two hundred sixty-eight Samoan participants with type 2 diabetes were recruited from a community health center in American Samoa and were […]
My San Antonio: February 11, 2013 Carlos Correa was working at AT&T in 2000 when his mother, who’d suffered from diabetes for years, died of complications from the disease. “There was no shock value to being diabetic. That was the mentality of our household,” says Correa of his family’s reaction to the original diagnosis. His mom, […]
JCEM: February 5, 2013 Context: Optimizing effective prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes in youth is limited by incomplete understanding of its pathophysiology and how this varies across ethnicities with high risk. Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the contribution of visceral adipose tissue (VAT), hepatic fat fraction (HFF), and pancreatic fat fraction […]
Diabetes Care: February 14, 2013 OBJECTIVE Identify determinants of weight gain in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) allocated to intensive versus standard glycemic control in the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) trial. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We studied determinants of weight gain over 2 years in 8,929 participants (4,425 intensive arm and 4,504 […]
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