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Wednesday, November 20th, 2013
Diabetes Spectrum: November 2013
This article addresses modern patients’ insatiable need for information as they make daily choices in managing diabetes. It introduces the resources available to diabetes patients and caregivers against the backdrop of the limitations medical practices face in meeting patients’ information and support needs. Social media are described, along with ways in which health care providers might leverage digital technology to better support their patients. The author describes trends and studies that suggest how social media might be used in the future not only to meet patients’ needs, but also to streamline clinical workflow. Read more
Posted by Diabetes South Texas Staff
News
Wednesday, November 20th, 2013
Diabetes Spectrum: November 2013
The advance of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) and impending shortages of health care providers to serve the ever-increasing diabetes population have led to an increased need to do more with less in the field of health care. New and emerging technologies are making telehealth more accessible, more desirable, and thus more acceptable as a way to interact with patients in their homes or rural communities. Although some issues are yet to be resolved, technological innovations, evidence of the positive effect of diabetes telehealth on clinical and quality-of-life outcomes, and the strong emphasis on telehealth in the ACA make such services worthy of consideration. Read More
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Wednesday, November 13th, 2013
Valleymorningstar: November 9, 2013
November is National Diabetes Awareness Month and according to the South Texas Diabetes Initiative, South Texas is ground zero for diabetes.
The rate of diabetes in the Rio Grande Valley is 20 percent higher than the state of Texas as a whole, according to the organization.
More than 1.3 million people live in the Valley and according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly one in three people in the Valley are diabetic.
This includes Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy and Starr counties.
Estimates on the prevalence of diabetes in the Valley vary, with some experts putting it at one in four persons in the Valley, many of whom do not know they have it. Read More
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Wednesday, November 13th, 2013
Valleymorningstar: November 9, 2013
By ED ASHER Valley Morning Star
Thomas Barmore understands the importance of exercise.
Barmore, a 49-year-old Harlingen resident, and his mother are diabetic and they attend a diabetes support group at Valley Baptist Medical Center. On Saturday morning, they were among about 500 area residents who walked the trail at McKelvey Park to promote diabetes awareness in VBMC’s third annual Fall Fit Family Diabetes Walk.
“It’s about education. It’s to give us an awareness of how important exercise is to combating our diabetes,” Barmore said.
“It’s not only about the food you eat. If you’re diabetic, you need to exercise.”
This is the message doctors in the Rio Grande Valley are hoping will reach more residents here, where diabetes is prevalent. Read more
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Minority Diabetes Reports
Wednesday, November 13th, 2013
The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology: 11/12/13
Background
Individuals of south Asian origin have a very high risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared with white Caucasians. We aimed to assess volume and activity of brown adipose tissue (BAT), which is thought to have a role in energy metabolism by combusting fatty acids and glucose to produce heat and might contribute to the difference in incidence of type 2 diabetes between ethnic groups.
Methods
We enrolled Dutch nationals with south Asian ancestry and matched Caucasian participants at The Rijnland Hospital (Leiderdorp, Netherlands). Eligible participants were healthy lean men aged 18—28 years, and we matched groups for BMI. We measured BAT volume and activity with cold-induced 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) PET CT scans, and assessed resting energy expenditure, non-shivering thermogenesis, and serum parameters. This study is registered with the Netherlands Trial Register, number 2473.
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Clinical Trial News
Wednesday, November 13th, 2013
Clin Trials: November 11, 2013
Background The Trial to Reduce Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus in the Genetically at Risk (TRIGR) is the first multicenter international type 1 diabetes (T1D) prevention trial to be undertaken. A unique feature of TRIGR has been recruitment of eligible pregnant women and enrollment of newborns for long-term follow-up assessments.
Purpose Our purpose is to summarize the recruitment and retention strategies used to conduct TRIGR from the perspective of the study coordinators.
Methods TRIGR was designed to test whether weaning to formula containing hydrolyzed versus intact cow’s milk protein would be efficacious in decreasing risk for development of T1D-associated autoantibodies and T1D among infants identified to be at increased risk for T1D based on their human leukocyte antigen (HLA) profile and family history. Multiple strategies tailored to local issues were required to enroll and follow the target number of infants. read more
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Clinical Trial News
Wednesday, November 13th, 2013
Informa Healthcare: November 11, 2013
Previous studies have raised concerns around the transparency and disclosure rates of clinical trial results on clinical trial registries and in the scientific literature. The objective of this study was to assess the timely disclosure in the public domain of results of company-sponsored clinical trials related to all new medicines approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) over a recent 3 year period. Read More
