Endocrine system diseases

Immunotherapy for type 1 diabetes: what’s in the pipeline?

For many autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis, drugs that work by targeting components of the immune system are providing relief for millions of patients. However, there is no immunotherapy currently licensed for type 1 diabetes, and the reasons for this are multifold. A n…

Glucose-lowering drugs and cardiovascular risk: how recent outcome trials have informed practice

Although large clinical trials with glucose-lowering drugs have consistently shown beneficial reductions in microvascular complications, their effects on macrovascular complications have been controversial. Interpreting these trials is complicated by substantial differences in their design, the…

Higher blood sugar targets for type 2 diabetes recommended by American College of Physicians

New higher blood sugar targets are being recommended for people with type 2 diabetes by the American College of Physicians.…

Diabetes should be grouped into five types, rather than two, to tailor early treatment, researchers say

Classifying diabetes patients into five types, rather than two, may help to tailor and target early treatment.…

Diabetes diagnoses have almost doubled in the last 20 years, says leading UK charity

1The number of people diagnosed with diabetes in the UK has increased from 1.9 million to almost 3.7 million in the last two decades, according to a new report from Diabetes UK.…

RPS Scotland provides evidence to Scottish Parliament on diabetes prevention and drug-related deaths

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Scotland has provided evidence for two Scottish parliamentary sessions held this week…

Take-home messages from Europe’s clinical pharmacy conference

Pharmacy consultant Christine Clark shares the best bits from the European Society of Clinical Pharmacy’s 46th symposium.…

Scottish Parliament to discuss prevention of type 2 diabetes

A one-off evidence session on the prevention of type 2 diabetes, organised by the Scottish Parliament’s Health and Sport Committee, will be held on 19 December 2017.…

Statin therapy in obese patients and the risk of diabetes

Study highlights importance of people at high risk of diabetes being monitored during statin therapy…

Insulin pumps lead to better clinical outcomes compared with injection

Observational study compared rates of severe hypoglycaemia in diabetes patients using insulin pump and injection therapy.…