Are Diabetes Care Providers Too Glucocentric?

National Diabetes Education Program releases guiding principles for diabetes care for health care providers.

Social support in type II diabetes care: a case of too little, too late

Coping with type II diabetic patients is increasingly posing large financial burdens, sorely felt especially by growing economies. Self-management has been found to be an effective approach towards maintaining good control in diabetics. However, although efforts at implementing self-management have had initial success, there has been a lack of sustainability. This review examines the different ...

Diabetes and Periodontal Disease: An Update for Health Care Providers

G. Rutger Persson, DDS, PhD (Odont Dr) Diabetes and Periodontal Disease: An Update for Health Care Providers Periodontitis has been identified as the sixth complication of diabetes. Advanced glycation end-products, altered lipid mechanisms, oxidative stress, and systemically elevated cytokine levels in patients with diabetes and periodontitis suggest that dental and medical care providers shoul...

Diabetes and Periodontal Disease: An Update for Health Care Providers

G. Rutger Persson, DDS, PhD (Odont Dr) Diabetes and Periodontal Disease: An Update for Health Care Providers Periodontitis has been identified as the sixth complication of diabetes. Advanced glycation end-products, altered lipid mechanisms, oxidative stress, and systemically elevated cytokine levels in patients with diabetes and periodontitis suggest that dental and medical care providers shoul...

Diabetes and Periodontal Disease: An Update for Health Care Providers

G. Rutger Persson, DDS, PhD (Odont Dr) Diabetes and Periodontal Disease: An Update for Health Care Providers Periodontitis has been identified as the sixth complication of diabetes. Advanced glycation end-products, altered lipid mechanisms, oxidative stress, and systemically elevated cytokine levels in patients with diabetes and periodontitis suggest that dental and medical care providers shoul...