Latest Diabetes articles from the BMJ

Should we be reassured about sitagliptin?

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:05:59 +0100

Implementation of self management support for long term conditions in routine primary care settings: cluster randomised controlled trial

Mon, 13 May 2013 03:29:39 +0100

Rx: A dose of ethics to revive trust in medical practice

Thu, 09 May 2013 04:33:33 +0100

“Gold jewellery? Cars and air conditioners to survive the sweltering Indian summer, or an exotic foreign trip to escape it? These are among the luxury gifts listed in a parliamentary committee report as being used by pharmaceutical companies to coax doctors into prescribing their drugs.” Anita Jain on the complicity that can develop between doctors and drug companies, and a vision for change . . .

A man with bilateral loin pain

Thu, 09 May 2013 12:56:53 +0100

Study shows Medicaid coverage has little clinical benefit

Thu, 02 May 2013 04:09:02 +0100

Results of a long awaited study on the effects of Medicaid coverage have something to disappoint everybody, writes Bob Roehr.

Derivation and validation of QStroke score for predicting risk of ischaemic stroke in primary care and comparison with other risk scores: a prospective open cohort study

Thu, 02 May 2013 12:03:48 +0100

This paper concludes that QStroke provides a valid measure of absolute stroke risk in the general population of patients free of stroke or transient ischaemic attack, as shown by its performance in a separate validation cohort.

A NICE example? Variation in provision of bariatric surgery in England

Wed, 01 May 2013 03:27:41 +0100

Measles and stroke show why healthcare must innovate

Wed, 01 May 2013 11:54:56 +0100

Comparative safety and effectiveness of sitagliptin in patients with type 2 diabetes: retrospective population based cohort study

Thu, 25 April 2013 11:36:13 +0100

Research Paper of the Year award 2013

Wed, 24 April 2013 03:39:39 +0100

Diabetes control in older people

Wed, 24 April 2013 11:51:53 +0100

Higher risk of diabetes after hypertensive disorders in pregnancy

Wed, 24 April 2013 10:20:01 +0100

Low melatonin secretion is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes

Wed, 10 April 2013 12:09:19 +0100

Delirium in older adults

Tue, 09 April 2013 11:09:17 +0100

The authors discuss the case of an 80 year old woman diagnosed as having delirium and explain why the condition is easily missed.

Cushing’s syndrome

Wed, 27 March 2013 03:15:00 +0000

Association between maternal serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level and pregnancy and neonatal outcomes: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

Tue, 26 March 2013 11:57:17 +0000

Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy

Tue, 26 March 2013 11:38:40 +0000

Coronary artery calcium score prediction of all cause mortality and cardiovascular events in people with type 2 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis

Mon, 25 March 2013 11:31:35 +0000

Increasing activity in patients with Parkinson’s disease

Wed, 06 March 2013 11:32:09 +0000

Recurrent hypoglycaemia in a young man without diabetes

Thu, 28 February 2013 11:43:47 +0000