Articles Tagged With: diabetes
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Telemonitoring Can Be Embedded Successfully in Nurse-Led Care Model
Smartphone-based systems can be used to monitor patients with complex chronic conditions, especially when case managers or other clinicians follow up with occasional phone calls, investigators found. -
Virtual Diabetes Boot Camp Helps Patients Improve
Research shows a multidisciplinary team, including telehealth members, can create a virtual diabetes program that helps patients improve their health.
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Diabetic Emergencies: Part I
This two-part series of Emergency Medicine Reports will discuss the latest concepts in diabetic emergencies. Part I will cover epidemiology, pathophysiology, and clinical features.
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Glycemic Control During Labor in Women with Diabetes
This study demonstrated an increased risk of neonatal hypoglycemia in neonates born to patients with diabetes as the result of maternal hyperglycemia in labor. However, strict intrapartum maternal glycemic control appeared to be associated with a reduced risk of neonatal hypoglycemia only in patients with gestational diabetes on medication, but not for other diabetes subtypes.
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Researchers Identify High Costs of Various Conditions
Researchers recently identified predictors of high-cost hospital stays related to ambulatory care-sensitive conditions. The highest median cost of care is related to heart failure, followed by diabetes and COPD. -
Insulin Glargine-yfgn Injection (Semglee)
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The Safety and Efficacy of Common Herbal and Dietary Supplements in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Part 3
While part 1 of this literature review series discussed Aloe vera and alpha-lipoic acid, part 2 of this series presented information on chromium, cinnamon, fenugreek, garlic, and Gymnema sylvestre. This last part provides study findings relating to ginseng, magnesium, nopal, and psyllium.
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Common Herbal and Dietary Supplements for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
This is a review of the current literature regarding commonly used herbal and dietary supplements among people with diabetes. -
The Safety and Efficacy of Common Herbal and Dietary Supplements in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Part 2
In Part 1 of this literature review, Aloe vera and alpha-lipoic acid were discussed in detail. In this part, in-depth discussions on chromium, cinnamon, fenugreek, garlic, and Gymnema sylvestre are presented. These complementary and alternative medicine supplements include botanical and nonbotanical products for managing type 2 diabetes.
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Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support Delivered Through Digital Health
The digital world offers a wide array of health tools to improve the participation of patients with diabetes in diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES). DSMES provides knowledge, proficiency, and resources to assist people with diabetes in integrating newfound skills and understanding toward effective management of this complex condition psychologically, biologically, and physically.