No global happy family, as diabetes advocacy groups fall into dispute

The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) appears to be in a state of internal disarray prompting several founding members to leave the organisation. A feature article in The BMJ said blame was largely being directed at the current IDF president Dr...

The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) appears to be in a state of internal disarray prompting several founding members to leave...

Holy grail

Preventing progression in chronic kidney disease

Can you sum up the aim of your research in 10 words? To identify novel biomarkers of diabetic chronic kidney disease. What have you discovered/achieved in this area so far? In a pilot study, I have been able to extract DNA...

Can you sum up the aim of your research in 10 words? To identify novel biomarkers of diabetic chronic kidney disease. What...

Diabetes care

SGLT2 inhibitor effective against HF regardless of ejection fraction

Canagliflozin reduces the overall risk of heart failure (HF) events in patients with type 2 diabetes and high cardiovascular risk, irrespective of ejection fraction. An Australian-led study, published in Circulation and presented at the American College of Cardiology meeting in...

Canagliflozin reduces the overall risk of heart failure (HF) events in patients with type 2 diabetes and high cardiovascular risk,...

Type 1 diabetes

Where’s the meat? And what’s it doing to my HbA1c?

Patients require on average about 50% more insulin with a high protein meal than with a low protein meal. A small but detailed physiological study of 11 adolescents and young adults...

Patients require on average about 50% more insulin with a high...