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We are pleased to present the latest issue of touchREVIEWS in Endocrinology, which offers a timely and thoughtprovoking collection of articles that reflect both the continuity and evolution of diabetes and metabolic disease research. In an era where technology, public ...
Women & Diabetes takes centre stage in this interview with Zeina Abou Rizk, Founder of DiaLeb. Zeina explores the unique challenges women face in diabetes care, the power of community and advocacy, and how DiaLeb’s annual panel fosters global awareness, education, and meaningful change through lived experiences and expert insights.
Dr Linda Siminerio, a leading expert in diabetes education and healthcare delivery, shares insights from her distinguished career. Inspired by her father’s type 1 diabetes diagnosis, she has dedicated her work to improving patient education and care models. She emphasizes the importance of a team-based approach and staying ahead of technological advancements. With AI and machine learning already influencing diabetes management, she urges healthcare providers to adapt and engage with these innovations. Through her contributions, Dr Siminerio continues to shape the future of diabetes care, ensuring that patients receive the education and support they need.
Diabetes is a chronic disease associated with both acute and chronic complications. Many advances have been introduced throughout history to address these problems. While each clinical breakthrough was welcomed with relief and the expectation that a solution had been discovered, ...
Dry eye disease (DED) is known as dry eye syndrome (DES) or keratoconjunctivitis sicca. According to the Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society’s Dry Eye Workshop II (TFOS DEWS II), it constitutes a multifactorial disease of the ocular surface, ...
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a multifactorial, multifaceted syndrome that affects women across all ages from adolescence to post-menopause. It is reported to be the most common endocrinopathy in women of the reproductive age group.1Â The nature of this syndrome ...
Despite the increasing body of knowledge of treatment strategies for diabetes, many patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are still in a persistent state of poor glycaemia.1,2Â In clinical practice, achieving optimal glycaemic targets is challenging; the reasons are ...
The incidence of diabetes has increased in recent years, and advances in technology have allowed for multiple ways to predict the outcomes of patients with diabetes, and have improved quality of life and lowered morbidity and mortality.1Â For decades, glycated ...
Recent advances in technology have changed the landscape for managing diabetes treatment. Thanks to innovations such as connected insulin pens, sensor-augmented pump systems, automated insulin delivery, integrated mobile applications and continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems, people with diabetes now have ...
In the early 1970s, the discovery of statin by Dr Akira Endo changed the fate of cardiovascular disease prevention and the treatment of atherosclerosis. It was during this period that the rate-limiting step in cholesterol biosynthesis was revealed, and the ...
 In this touchENDOCRINOLOGY interview, Prof. Patricia Davidson (West Chester University, West Chester, USA) and Dr Jacqueline LaManna (University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA) joined us to discuss their study investigating the impact and importance of assessing quality of life-impacting ...
For people with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) or type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), glycaemic control has been monitored by two key measurements: laboratory-tested glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) level and the individuals’ self-monitored blood glucose (SMBG) fingerprick testing.1,2 Both of ...
Automated insulin delivery (AID) systems play an important role in the management of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) by helping users achieve the recommended glucose targets while reducing the episodes of hypoglycemia.1 First-generation AID systems, including MiniMed™ 630G (Medtronic, Dublin, ...
National Standards for Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES) is a crucial element of care for patients with diabetes and those at risk for developing the disease. It was a pleasure to talk to Sacha Uelmen (Director of Diabetes Education &...
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines older adults as people aged 65 years or older.1Â Today, older adults with diabetes mellitus (DM) are a growing population, with 33% of older adults meeting the criteria for DM.2Â The risk of DM-related complications is ...
Immune checkpoints are small molecules that are present on the cell surface of T lymphocytes to regulate the immune response. While some of these molecules enhance the stimulatory signals, others boost the inhibitory signals to blunt the activity of T ...
The use of immunotherapy in the treatment of cancer has been revolutionary, opening a new era in the fight against cancer. The principle of immunotherapy involves using pharmacotherapy to harness the power of the body’s own immune system to ...
The prevalence of obesity has increased exponentially across the world, nearly doubling in the span of a decade.1 This is primarily attributed to lifestyle shifts, including diets dominated by hydrogenated fat and animal products, carbohydrate excess and increasingly sedentary lifestyles. ...
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