How to start and optimise insulin therapy Page 1 458 CME OCTOBER 2010 Vol.28 No.10
Initiating insulin therapy in type 2 diabetes mellitus is often intimidating, as understanding how …

Dear Editor, The article ''History of the Nobel Prize for Insulin Discovery”, by Lars Ryden and
Jan Lindsten, is addressing the multiple uncertainties surrounding the Nobel Prize (1923) for …

Aims: Insulin is normally added to oral glucose‐lowering drugs in people with type 2
diabetes when glycaemic control becomes suboptimal. We evaluated outcomes in people …

Intervals of 10-30 min between oral insulin and meal ingestion were tried, but led to early
hypoglycaemia and (because of the short duration of action of oral insulin) to late …

Some copies of this issue of the Journal of Diabetes are being distributed in China with a
reprint describing the findings of a consensus conference organized by Novo-Nordisk on …

Since its first use just over a century ago, insulin treatment has evolved dramatically, such
that the molecules are physiologic in nature, and treatment can now closely resemble the …

At the time of its first clinical application 100 years ago, insulin was presented as the cure for
people with diabetes mellitus. That transpired to be an overstatement, yet insulin has proven …

This review addresses the apparent disconnect between international guideline
recommendations, real-life clinical practice and the results of clinical trials, with regard to the …

The primary clinical goals to be achieved with insulin initiation are elimination of ketosis and
hyperglycemia with prevention of chronic complications. Insulin therapy is the mainstay in …

Background Available basal insulin regimes differ in pharmacokinetic profiles, which may be
related to subsequent changes in anthropometry in patients with type 1 diabetes. This …