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You cannot hide, but you can run! Exercise and type 2 diabetes revisited.
1 August 2014 - Medical Journals, Editor's CornerEveryone agrees that exercise is good for those with and without diabetes. However, what sounds good in theory, is a bit more difficult to prove in real life. A clear effect of lifestyle intervention on hard outcomes has yet to be demonstrated. However, if we look at surrogate outcomes such as (...) Read more
Beyond depression: mental disorders in diabetes
19 February 2014 - Medical Journals, Editor's CornerIt has been known for several years that a strong bidirectional relationship exists between diabetes and depression. Observational studies show that depression usually predates diabetes and that the presence of depression increases the risk of future diabetes; but diabetes also increases the ri(...) Read more
Not the most wonderful time of the year: effects of the influenza season on working-age adults with diabetes
26 January 2014 - Medical Journals, Editor's CornerWhile adopted in many countries, there is considerable debate about the usefulness of vaccination against influenza. This debate hinges on two elements. Firstly, the absolute risks of influenza and its sequelae in the groups to be vaccinated; and secondly, the intrinsic efficacy of the vaccine,(...) Read more
Rumours of beta cell death in type 1 diabetes are exaggerated
18 December 2013 - Editor's CornerThe Look of Lifestyle after LOOK AHEAD
25 June 2013 - Medical Journals, Editor's CornerThe results of the LOOK AHEAD trial were made public at the American Diabetes Association's 2013 conference. This trial found no benefit of intensive lifestyle therapy on 'hard' vascular outcomes during almost 10 years of follow up. However, this does not mean that lifestyle advi(...) Read more
What's in a name?
11 June 2013 - Editor's CornerNo magic bullets: more setbacks on the road to immune intervention in type 1 diabetes
6 June 2013 - Hot Topics, Medical Journals, Drug WatchSmoking during pregnancy brings yet another danger to the offspring
21 May 2013 - Medical JournalsThe detrimental effects of smoking are wide and varied and besides affecting the smoker also affects his or her family. For instance, it was already known that smoking during pregnancy leads to children with lower birth weights. Now a study by dr. Mattsson and coworkers published online in Diab(...) Read more
A shrinking pancreas predicts type 1 diabetes
11 April 2013 - Hot TopicsIt has long been known that the exocrine pancreas shrinks in long-term type 1 diabetes. The reason for this (and for the decreased pancreatic weight also seen in type 2 diabetes) is unknown, although some have suggested that it might be due to loss of the trophic effect of insulin leaving the p(...) Read more
Atheroma? Ask Mummy
8 April 2013 - Medical JournalsWe are often told that atheroma is a 20th century disease due to our modern lifestyle. Not so. It has long been known that Egyptian mummies show vascular calcification, but it's been assumed that this was a natural consequence of the ageing process. More recently, techniques have evolved t(...) Read more
