Feline Diabetes Mellitus and Differential Diagnosis We Need to Consider

Diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Different Paradigm to Consider

The recently completed National Institutes of Health (NIH) (1) consensus development conference on the diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) found insufficient evidence to change from current practice to that recommended by the American Diabetes Association (2). The NIH final statement identified some key research gaps, the first mentioned of which was to “evaluate the diagnostic thr...

Update on Feline Diabetes Mellitus

Biosimilar therapeutics—what do we need to consider?

Patents for the first generation of approved biopharmaceuticals have either expired or are about to expire. Thus the market is opening for generic versions, referred to as 'biosimilars' (European Union) or 'follow-on protein products' (United States). Healthcare professionals need to understand the critical issues surrounding the use of biosimilars to make informed treatment decisions.The compl...

Chest Pain: The Need to Consider Less Frequent Diagnosis

Chest pain is one of the most frequent patient's complaints. The commonest underlying causes are well known, but, sometimes, in some clinical scenarios, it is necessary to consider other diagnoses. We report a case of a 68-year-old Caucasian male, chronically hypertensive, who complained of recurrent episodes of chest pain and fever with elevated acute phase reactants. The first investigation w...

Feline diabetes mellitus – the Swedish situation

Conclusions Our results identified several cat breeds associated with an increased risk of DM. Also male gender and middle age were risk factors for DM. A link has been shown between obesity and DM in cats. A higher incidence of obesity has been reported in domestic cats as compared to purebreds, in male cats, and in middle-aged cats; these groups are similar to those in which we identified a h...