Type 1 Diabetes

New type 1 diabetes study findings reported from R. Manini and co-authors

Published in Diabetes Week, December 10th, 2007

"Glargine improves glucose control and reduces the risk of nocturnal hypoglycemia compared with neutral protamine Hagedorn (NPH) insulin. To date, only one study has measured the effects of glargine on health-related quality of life (HRQL); the aim of this study was therefore to confirm the beneficial effects of glargine on disease-specific HRQL in type 1 diabetes," scientists in Bologna, Italy report.

"Forty-seven patients (mean age, 46 range, 25-74; mates, 54%) with diabetes of at least 1-year duration, and with suboptimal glucose control under intensive insulin treatment (IIT), were switched from NPH to glargine. Forty patients maintained on IIT were used as...

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Source: Diabetes Week (2007-12-10)

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