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News - Cardiovascular Risk Increases With Urine Albumin-Creatinine Ratio at Lower Limit Than Previously Thought

TopAbstracts in Diabetes 12/16/2003 - and many other links

Triple Therapy Better Than Mixed Insulin for Obese Type 2 DM

Dec. 5, 2003 — Combining rosiglitazone, metformin, and insulin aspart improved glucose metabolism in obese type 2 diabetic patients compared with mixed insulin alone, according to the results of a open-label, randomized trial published in the December issue of Diabetes Care

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ASHP Therapeutic Position Statement on Strict Glycemic Control: "The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) supports strict glycemic control in all appropriate patients with diabetes mellitus. Strict glycemic control in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus has been shown to reduce the progression of some of the disease's chronic complications, including nephropathy, retinopathy, and neuropathy, and there are strong indications that such control may reduce the risks associated with macrovascular disease"

Effects of Dietary Intake of Phase 2 Protein Inducers: "The indigenous people of Australia also have a high incidence of type 2 diabetes.[7] Of interest is that a return to a traditional lifestyle for a mere 7 weeks results in major improvement and often complete normalization of the carbohydrate and lipid metabolic abnormalities.[8] Clearly, in this case, environment has interacted with genotype in a positive manner. The change in lifestyle included both more exercise and changes in diet."

The indigenous people of Australia also have a high incidence of type 2 diabetes.[7] Of interest is that a return to a traditional lifestyle for a mere 7 weeks results in major improvement and often complete normalization of the carbohydrate and lipid metabolic abnormalities.[8] Clearly, in this case, environment has interacted with genotype in a positive manner. The change in lifestyle included both more exercise and changes in diet.

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Entrez-PubMed: "Insulin glargine: a systematic review of a long-acting insulin analogue"
Insulin glargine: a systematic review of a long-acting insulin analogue

Diabetes Monitor: Lispro Insulin (Humalog)

Insulin lispro (Humalog) was the first insulin analog. Analogs are modifications of natural insulin, where changes are made in the amino acid sequence of the insulin molecule that affect the duration of action.


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