Research Corner

Type 2 Diabetes complications and comorbidity in Sub-Saharan Africans

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(19)30162-2/fulltext

People with type 1 diabetes have high-priority concerns that go beyond glucose control, including complex and mentally taxing treatment and weight gain, report researchers.

https://www.medwirenews.com/diabetes/treatment-simplification-a-major-unmet-need-in-type-1-diabetes/16741108

A rare piece of research into Diabetes related stress asking the question: “Psychological Distress and Type 2 Diabetes: Does Age Affect Outcomes?”

https://www.docwirenews.com/latest-primary-care-news/psychological-distress-and-type-2-diabetes-does-age-affect-outcomes

Yet more evidence of that physical activity reduces the incidence of Type 2 diabetes.

https://www.docwirenews.com/uncategorized/effects-of-physical-activity-on-type-2-diabetes-incidence-and-mortality

TAGS: Research Corner, Type 2, Africa, Type 1, Treatment Availability, Age, Healthy Lifestyle

Technical News

Officials in America  have approved a system called Control-IQ, for closed-loop insulin delivery for people with Type 1 diabetes.

https://www.diabetes.co.uk/news/2019/Dec/us-approves-control-iq-insulin-delivery-system-for-type-1-diabetes.html

Eli Lilly and Company has announced a global commercial agreement to integrate DexCom, Inc. products into Lilly’s personalized diabetes management system, currently in development to advance the treatment of diabetes.

https://www.ptcommunity.com/wire/lilly-integrate-dexcom-cgm-personalized-diabetes-management-system