A Swedish study has shown that teaching type 2 diabetes patients about their disease results in greater decreases in the hemoglobin A1c test than many drugs.
The abstract, Improvements in HBA1C remain after 5 years: a follow up of an educational intervention focusing on patients' personal understandings of type 2 diabetes, is online, but the full study results, to be published in Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, is not yet available.
At the beginning of the study, the control...
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If you have a newborn, you have it easy. At least when it comes to food and eating issues. Babies are basically a blank slate. Yes,... Read more »
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Drug Treatment GuidelinesMajor Classes of Antidepressants and General Treatment GuidelinesMajor classes of antidepressants include:Selective... Read more »
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Doctors prefer that their patients be educated, especially when their patients are planning to have surgery. The hope is that patients will... Read more »
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