Mobile Diabetes Intervention for Glycemic Control

Serum biomarkers for assessing glycemic control in diabetes mellitus

Clinical evidence has revealed the association between complications Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and serum glycemic control. Thus, evaluation of the glycemic control status is crucial in the management of DM. Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) is the most common method for monitoring serum glycemic control. However, several confounding factors including red blood cell lifespan and hemoglobinopathies can affect ...

Diabetes Intervention: Achieving Tight Glycemic Control Through Combination Therapy

effect of mobile phone short text messages on glycemic control in type 2 diabetes

conclusions mobile phone text messaging increased adherence to diabetes therapy and improved the clinical outcome in saudi patients with type 2 diabetes. results in addition to significant improvement in patients’ knowledge, mean fasting blood glucose level improved from 8.60 ± 3.16 to 7.77 ± 3.11 mmol/l and mean hba1c decreased from 9.9% ± 1.8% to 9.5% ± 1.7%. objectives we conducted a study t...

Type 2 Diabetes, Iron, Exercise Therapy, Glycemic Control

Background and aims: Previous research has shown that one of the factors associated with type II diabetes and insulin resistance is impaired iron metabolism; also, one of the elemental keys in type II diabetes is regular exercise. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of moderate intensity body pump training on iron-related indices in women with type II diabetes. Methods: In the pr...

Diabetes Team and Glycemic Control

Methods: The CFH diabetes team consisted of endocrinologists, a nurse practitioner, nurse diabetes educators, and a registered dietitian providing coordinated diabetes management during a patient’s hospital admission. The team conducted a prospective, nine-month study of its impact on both hospital and ambulatory glycemic control for patients with a primary or secondary diagnosis of diabetes me...