How Basal Insulin Analogs Have Changed Diabetes Care

Initiating insulin therapy in type 2 Diabetes: a comparison of biphasic and basal insulin analogs.

OBJECTIVE Safety and efficacy of biphasic insulin aspart 70/30 (BIAsp 70/30, prebreakfast and presupper) were compared with once-daily insulin glargine in type 2 diabetic subjects inadequately controlled on oral antidiabetic drugs (OADs). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS This 28-week parallel-group study randomized 233 insulin-naive patients with HbA(1c) values >/=8.0% on >1,000 mg/day metformin a...

The association between nonadherence and glycated hemoglobin among type 2 diabetes patients using basal insulin analogs

BACKGROUND The main objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between adherence and both clinical (ie, glycated hemoglobin [HbA1c]) and nonclinical (ie, health status, work impairment, and health care-resource use) health outcomes among type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients using basal insulin. MATERIALS AND METHODS The 2012 US National Health and Wellness Survey dataset was used f...

Managing diabetes in long-term care facilities: benefits of switching from human insulin to insulin analogs.

The unique requirements of residents with diabetes in long-term care (LTC) facilities necessitate a protocol-driven, individualized approach to care. Established treatment guidelines for the management of diabetes are written with the general population in mind and, although the principles remain the same in LTC patients, clinical priorities and strategies may need to be modified, and glycemic ...

Marriage and Assortative Mating : How Have the Patterns Changed ?

Nutrition-related disorders in Indigenous Australians: how things have changed.

Awareness of a serious Indigenous health problem in Australia did not emerge until the 1960s and 1970s. Much attention was focused at the time on poor pregnancy outcomes, high infant and young child mortality rates, and childhood malnutrition and impaired growth, often associated with high infectious disease burdens. Although that situation has improved somewhat, Indigenous infant and child hea...