Latest Diabetes articles from the BMJ

Late onset type 1 diabetes

Mon, 30 April 2012 12:00:00 +0100

Daniel Lasserson and colleagues describe the case of a 41 year old man from an Indian family whose father had type 2 diabetes. He presented to his general practitioner with a four week history of increasing thirst and polyuria. He had not noticed any weight loss. Blood tests were arranged to confirm the diagnosis of diabetes.

Effectiveness of a diabetes education and self management programme (DESMOND) for people with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus: three year follow-up of a cluster randomised controlled trial in primary care

Thu, 26 April 2012 12:00:00 +0100

The effect of the Talking Diabetes consulting skills intervention on glycaemic control and quality of life in children with type 1 diabetes: cluster randomised controlled trial (DEPICTED study)

Thu, 26 April 2012 12:00:00 +0100

Self management education and good professional consultation skills for patients with diabetes

Thu, 26 April 2012 12:00:00 +0100

Comparison of metformin and insulin versus insulin alone for type 2 diabetes: systematic review of randomised clinical trials with meta-analyses and trial sequential analyses

Thu, 19 April 2012 12:00:00 +0100

All you need to read in the other general journals

Wed, 04 April 2012 11:45:44 +0100

Acute headache and visual field defect

Wed, 04 April 2012 12:00:00 +0100

White rice consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes: meta-analysis and systematic review

Thu, 15 March 2012 12:00:00 +0000

White rice and risk of type 2 diabetes

Thu, 15 March 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Acute Charcot foot

Wed, 14 March 2012 12:00:00 +0000

The role of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors

Mon, 12 March 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors for treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus in the clinical setting: systematic review and meta-analysis

Mon, 12 March 2012 12:00:00 +0000

In patients with type 2 diabetes who do not achieve the glycaemic targets with metformin alone, DPP-4 inhibitors can lower HbA1c, in a similar way to sulfonylureas or pioglitazone, with neutral effects on body weight. Increased unit cost, which largely exceeds that of the older drugs, and uncertainty about their long term safety, should however also be considered, say Thomas Karagiannis and colleagues.

Meta-analysis of individual patient data in randomised trials of self monitoring of blood glucose in people with non-insulin treated type 2 diabetes

Mon, 27 February 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Incidence of diabetic retinopathy in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus attending the Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Service for Wales: retrospective analysis

Wed, 22 February 2012 12:00:00 +0000

This retrospective analysis supports the extension of the screening interval for people with type 2 diabetes mellitus beyond the currently recommended 12 months, with the possible exception of those with diabetes duration of 10 years or more and having insulin treatment.

Phaeochromocytoma

Mon, 20 February 2012 12:00:00 +0000

A 51 year old woman presented with a few months’ history of episodic anxiety associated with sweating, flushing, and palpitations. The symptoms were thought to be menopausal but they were not relieved by oestrogen hormone replacement therapy. Her general practitioner suspects phaeochromocytoma and refers her to an endocrinologist. Bijay Vaidya and colleagues explain how to proceed, in the latest article in our occasional series highlighting conditions that may be more common than many doctors realise or may be missed at first presentation.

A man with thrombocytopenia

Thu, 16 February 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Could NICE guidance on the choice of blood pressure lowering drugs be simplified?

Fri, 13 January 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Glucagon-like peptide-1 agonists

Wed, 11 January 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Effects of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists on weight loss: systematic review and meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials

Wed, 11 January 2012 12:00:00 +0000

The idolatry of the surrogate

Wed, 28 December 2011 12:00:00 +0000