Editorial

Welcome to Diabetic Hypoglycemia – an essential new source for hypoglycemia awareness

Brian M Frier, MD FRCPE

Diabetic Hypoglycemia June 2008, Volume 1, Issue 1: page 1

Welcome to the first issue of Diabetic Hypoglycemia, a new on-line journal which we hope will provide a valuable and informative service to a wide range of readers, by reviewing new studies in hypoglycemia, and through insights and advances into non-clinical scientific knowledge devoted to the field of hypoglycemia.

Feature Article

Hypoglycemia in type 2 diabetes

Brian M Frier BSc, MD, FRCPE, FRCPG

Diabetic Hypoglycemia June 2008, Volume 1, Issue 1: page 2-7

Hypoglycemia is the most common side effect of treatment with insulin in patients with diabetes and is a problem that has not been eradicated with current therapies.

Congress Reporter

Congress Reporter - control of diabetes at school, effects of hypoglycemia on the brain, and the American Diabetes Association (ADA) definition of hypoglycemia

Martin Gilmour of the Diabetic Hypoglycemia Editorial Team

Diabetic Hypoglycemia June 2008, Volume 1, Issue 1: page 8-9

This issue of Diabetic Hypoglycemia reviews several abstracts presented in September 2007 at the annual congresses of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) and the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD). The following topics are covered: the control of diabetes in children during school attendance; the effects of hypoglycemia on the brain and during pregnancy; and a discussion of the American Diabetes Association definition of hy

Research Round Up

Research Round Up - fear of hypoglycemia, impaired awareness of hypoglycemia, and diabetes and cognitive function

Martin Gilmour of the Diabetic Hypoglycemia Editorial Team

Diabetic Hypoglycemia June 2008, Volume 1, Issue 1: page 10-11

This issue's research round up covers the related topics of: fear of hypoglycemia; impaired awareness of hypoglycemia, and diabetes and cognitive function.

Clinical Case Study

Exercise, alcohol and insulin administration

Dr. Miles Fisher

Diabetic Hypoglycemia June 2008, Volume 1, Issue 1: page 12

This issue's case study involves a 38 year-old photographer with an eleven-year history of Type 1 diabetes which was generally well controlled, who suffered a compression fracture of the spine, caused by an attack of hypoglycemia which provoked a seizure.

In Profile

Professor Vincent Marks

Martin Gilmour of the Diabetic Hypoglycemia Editorial Team

Diabetic Hypoglycemia June 2008, Volume 1, Issue 1: page 13-14

For the first in this series of interviews with influential figures in the field of hypoglycemia, we spoke with one of the world's leading authorities on hypoglycemia, Professor Vincent Marks.

Diabetes Treatment Review

Reducing the risk of hypoglycemia with basal insulin analogues

Martin Gilmour of the Diabetic Hypoglycemia Editorial Team

Diabetic Hypoglycemia June 2008, Volume 1, Issue 1: page 15-16

Adding insulin to oral therapy in type 2 diabetes is standard practice when oral agents are failing to control glycemia, but this increases the risk of hypoglycemia. This article reviews three recent publications that highlight the use of basal insulin analogues in type 2 diabetes, and their benefits in terms of reducing hypoglycemia.

Webwatch

Hypoglycemia section of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) website, www.diabetes.org.

Martin Gilmour of the Diabetic Hypoglycemia Editorial Team

Diabetic Hypoglycemia June 2008, Volume 1, Issue 1: page 17

In each issue of Diabetic Hypoglycemia we review a website that contains information on hypoglycemia. In this first issue we review the hypoglycemia section of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) website, www.diabetes.org.