Editorial
Hypoglycemia in police custody and in prison
Professor Brian M Frier of the Editorial Board
Diabetic Hypoglycemia January 2010, Volume 2, Issue 3: page 1-2
This editorial by Professor Frier describes the problem of managing diabetes in people in police custody or long-term imprisonment. It highlights the fact that incarceration conditions can be conducive to the development of hypoglycemia in people with diabetes, and that more communication between diabetes specialist services and the police and prison services should be encouraged, to promote greater understanding of this condition.
Feature Article
Forensic aspects of hypoglycemia
Vincent Marks, MA, DM, FRCP, FRCPath, MAE
Diabetic Hypoglycemia January 2010, Volume 2, Issue 3: page 3-8
Professor Marks discusses the forensic aspects of hypoglycemia and its role in criminal behavior. He highlights how hypoglycemia-related neuroglycopenia can bring people with diabetes into conflict with the law, raising the question of whether a person suffering from neuroglycopenia can formulate the intention to commit an offence. He also outlines the medico-legal relevance of hypoglycemia, and discusses the malicious administration of insulin to induce hypoglycemic coma.
Congress Reporter
Congress Reporter - hypoglycemia and myocardial infarction, causes of severe hypoglycemia among people with diabetes visiting the emergency room, demographic and disease-specific factors related to fear of hypoglycemia, and impaired awareness of hypoglycemia and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysregulation
Nicole Meinel of the Diabetic Hypoglycemia Editorial Team
Diabetic Hypoglycemia January 2010, Volume 2, Issue 3: page 9-11
This issue of Diabetic Hypoglycemia includes highlights from the 45th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) and the 20th World Diabetes Conference of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF).
Research Round Up
Research Round Up - hypoglycemia in the older population, effects of hypoglycemia on the brain and cognitive function, and economic impact of hypoglycemia
Nicole Meinel of the Diabetic Hypoglycemia Editorial Team
Diabetic Hypoglycemia January 2010, Volume 2, Issue 3: page 12-16
This issue's research round up covers new publications on hypoglycemia in the older population, the effects of hypoglycemia on the brain and cognitive function, and the economic impact of hypoglycemia.
Clinical Case Study
Self-destructive behavior – a case of recurrent severe hypoglycemia
Professor Simon Heller, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK
Diabetic Hypoglycemia January 2010, Volume 2, Issue 3: page 17-18
This issue's case study describes the case of a 32 year old woman with a 15 year history of type 1 diabetes, who was experiencing a severe form of impaired awareness of hypoglycemia, the main cause of which was her relentless pursuit of completely normal blood glucose values, whatever the cost in terms of severe hypoglycemic episodes.
In Profile
In Profile - Professor Brian M Frier
Nicole Meinel of the Diabetic Hypoglycemia Editorial Team
Diabetic Hypoglycemia January 2010, Volume 2, Issue 3: page 19-21
In this issue of Diabetic Hypoglycemia, we interviewed Professor Brian Frier, Consultant Physician at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and Honorary Professor of Diabetes at the University of Edinburgh. He is the present Editor-in-Chief of Diabetic Hypoglycemia.
Diabetes Treatment Review
GLP-1 and insulin analogs
Nicole Meinel of the Diabetic Hypoglycemia Editorial Team
Diabetic Hypoglycemia January 2010, Volume 2, Issue 3: page 22-25
This issue’s treatment review focuses on recent publications about both glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and insulin analogs, comparing them with established treatment regimens.
Webwatch
Webwatch - National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse hypoglycemia pages
Nicole Meinel of the Diabetic Hypoglycemia Editorial Team
Diabetic Hypoglycemia January 2010, Volume 2, Issue 3: page 26-27
In this issue of Diabetic Hypoglycemia we review the website of the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/index.htm), with particular focus on the hypoglycemia pages.