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Conference news: Highlights from the 84th Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association

The headlines from a diabetes nursing perspective.

24 Jul 2024

Latest news: Antidiabetes drugs and renal outcomes; undiagnosed diabetes; and prevention of diabetic maculopathy

Developments that will impact your practice.

9 May 2024

Prevention of diabetic maculopathy: Trial of oral medication begins

Man becomes world’s first recipient of trial drug for diabetic sight loss.

12 Apr 2024

Prevention of diabetic maculopathy: Trial of oral medication begins

Man becomes world’s first recipient of trial drug for diabetic sight loss.

12 Apr 2024

Q&A: Diabetic retinopathy

Retinopathy pathophysiology, screening and treatment: The experts answer key questions.

20 Jul 2023

At a glance factsheet: GLP-1 receptor agonists and diabetic retinopathy

The evidence regarding diabetic retinopathy in users of GLP-1 receptor agonists, plus recommendations on safe use.

15 Jun 2021

News from the 2020 ADA conference

Breaking news stories from a primary care perspective.

1 Jul 2020

At a glance factsheet: Diabetic retinopathy

Risk factors for diabetic retinopathy, its pathophysiology and national screening programme, and essential guidance on management.

20 May 2020

15th National Conference of the PCDS: Part 2

More key learning points and their application to practice from the broad range of topics presented at the conference.

13 Jan 2020

Visual impairment linked to mortality in diabetes

Investigators were aware that visual acuity loss is a common consequence of type 2 diabetes and may complicate diabetes self-management. They investigated patients with newly-diagnosed type 2 diabetes to assess whether loss of visual acuity was an independent risk factor for mortality in this population. They found that impaired visual acuity at diagnosis was associated with increased all-cause mortality, independent of other risk factors for mortality.

24 Nov 2019

Diabetes Distilled: Retinopathy differentiates nephropathy type but not severity in diabetes

Retinopathy is helpful in diagnosing diabetic nephropathy in type 2 diabetes.

29 Oct 2019

Practice pearls and hot topics in diabetic retinopathy

Practical advice on what to consider during a consultation, plus the latest evidence on the prevention and treatment of this condition.

18 Nov 2018

CVD, diabetes complications and care processes in England and Wales

13 Sep 2017

What factors prevent young people with T2D attending retinal screening?

4 Sep 2017

The ACCORDION Eye Study: What can we learn from it?

23 Dec 2016

Keeping abreast of the latest diabetes research: Glycaemic control, hypoglycaemia, combination therapy and inpatient care

Too busy to keep up to date with the latest research? In this series, Erwin Castro, a Diabetes Specialist Nurse in Hastings, selects the latest papers of interest to diabetes nurses.

26 Sep 2016

Unit 2 – Comorbidities and complications: Diabetic retinopathy: Fundamentals for primary care

11 May 2016

A new biomarker to predict current and future visual acuity in diabetic macular oedema?

11 Apr 2016