Here: a brief overview of 4 recent diabetes developments, including a call for a new way to classify the disease and a new online test for prediabetes.
This very brief overview of 4 recent developments in type 2 diabetes includes: a call for a new way to classify the disease using dysfunctional β-cells, a link between the duration of depression and diabetes, increased risk of diabetes in young patients with antipsychotics, and a new online test for prediabetes. Â
1. Schwartz SS. The time is right for a new classification system for diabetes: rationale and implications of the B-cell-centric classification schema.Diabetes Care. 2016;39:179-186.
2. Almeida OP, McCaul K, Hankey GJ, et al. Duration of diabetes and its association with depression in later life: The Health In Men Study (HIMS). Maturitas. Published online January 11, 2016.
3. Galling B, Roldán A, Nielsen RE, et al. Type 2 diabetes mellitus in youth exposed to antipsychotics.JAMA Psychiatry. Published online January 20, 2016.
4. Press release. First-of-its-kind PSA campaign targets the 86 million American adults with prediabetes. American Diabetes Association. January 21, 2016.
Web site: So, do I have prediabetes? Ad Council. DoIHavePrediabetes.org. Accessed February 1, 2016.
Man With Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes: What HbA1c Goal-And How to Get There?
May 8th 2013The patient, an active 49-year-old man, had an HbA1c of 8.6 after diabetes was first diagnosed. It’s now 7.6 with metformin and lifestyle measures. Is the current A1c goal adequate, or should you treat more aggressively?