Clinical Trial News
Thursday, August 22nd, 2013
Biomedcentral: August 8, 2013 Patient-centered diabetes care requires shared decision making (SDM). Decision aids promote SDM, but their efficacy in nonacademic and rural primary care clinics is unclear. Methods We cluster-randomized 10 practices in a concealed fashion to implement either a decision aid (DA) about starting statins or one about choosing antihyperglycemic agents. Each practice served […]
Clinical Trial News
Thursday, August 22nd, 2013
Diabetes Care: July 30, 2013 First results from the ABACUS trial OBJECTIVE Use of automated bolus advisors is associated with improved glycemic control in patients treated with insulin pump therapy. We conducted a study to assess the impact of using an insulin bolus advisor embedded in a blood glucose (BG) meter on glycemic control and treatment satisfaction […]
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Thursday, August 22nd, 2013
Ajpmonline: AUGUST 6, 2013 Background: Lifetime direct medical cost of treating type 2 diabetes and diabetic complications in the U.S. is unknown. Purpose: This study provides nationally representative estimates of lifetime direct medical costs of treating type 2 diabetes and diabetic complications in people newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, by gender and by age at diagnosis. Methods: A […]
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Thursday, August 22nd, 2013
FDA: [Posted 07/29/2013] AUDIENCE: Consumer, Family Physician, Pharmacy ISSUE: Nova Diabetes Care initiated a voluntary recall of 21 lots of the Nova Max Glucose Test Strips distributed both in the USA and outside the continental USA. Nova Max Plus glucose meter kits that include test strips from the recalled lots are also included in this […]
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Thursday, August 22nd, 2013
Oxford Journals: July 25, 2013 Although prevalence and incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are reportedly increasing among adolescents, national data are lacking, particularly in regard to undiagnosed T2DM. To estimate the prevalence of diagnosed and undiagnosed T2DM among US adolescents, we analyzed a nationally representative cross-section of 11,888 adolescents aged 12–19 years who received […]
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Thursday, August 22nd, 2013
Onlinelibrary.wiley.com: 19 JUN 2013 The paper tests the thrifty phenotype hypothesis, according to which nonharmonious growth trajectories are costly for adult health. Methods The American surge in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes is concentrated in the South, a region characterized by a long history of poverty followed by rapid economic growth beginning in the 1960s. […]
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Thursday, August 22nd, 2013
Grey House: 4/1/13 The First in Grey House’s new Health in America series, Diabetes in America: Analysis of an Epidemic charts the geographic and demographic prevalence of people with Diabetes nationwide, by state and by district. This important title provides the reader with statistical comparisons of incidence, prevalence, costs and other relevant analysis of Diabetes across the US – […]
