Gender Medicine Unit, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria Gender Medicine Institute, Gars am Kamp, Austria Chair of Gender Medicine, Molecular Medicine Department, University of Padova, Padova, Italy Center for Outcomes Research and Clinical Epidemiology (CORESEARCH), Pescara, Italy Department of Medicine, ...

Diabetes is a global problem of increasing proportions and requires adherence to tight treatment targets to prevent complications. This article focuses on the use of insulin to gain good glycaemia control in type 2 diabetes.

OBJECTIVES The objectives were to estimate the prevalence of self-treated hypoglycaemia in patients using basal insulin analogues; identify demographic, treatment related and behavioural risk factors; and describe patient and physician responses to these events. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The GAPP2 (Global Attitude of Patients and Physicians 2) study was an online multinational cross-section...

OBJECTIVE Type 2 diabetes in midlife or late life increases the risk of Alzheimer disease (AD), and type 1 diabetes has been associated with a higher risk of detrimental cognitive outcomes, although studies from older adults are lacking. We investigated whether individuals with AD were more likely to have a history of diabetes than matched controls from the general aged population. RESEARCH D...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to investigate factors associated with depression in type 1 and type 2 diabetes and test whether these differ from factors associated with depression in the nondiabetic population. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS In an unselected population study comprising 60,869 individuals, potential sociodemographic, lifestyle, and clinical factors were investigated in ...

Currently, there are no national guidelines on transition from paediatric to adult services for children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) in Republic of Ireland. There are 19 hospitals in Republic of Ireland looking after children with T1DM. Seventeen have a designated clinic for children with T1DM. Ten have a transition clinic for adolescents with T1DM. Most centres transition after patien...