Glycosmedia Weekly Diabetes News - 12/20/2019

2019 update to: Management of hyperglycaemia in type 2 diabetes, 2018

A consensus report by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) (Diabetologia)

Plasma Lipidome and Prediction of Type 2 Diabetes in the Population-Based Malmö Diet and Cancer Cohort

A lifestyle-related lipidomic profile strongly predicts T2DM development beyond current risk factors. Further studies are warranted to test if lifestyle interventions modifying this lipidomic profile can prevent T2DM (Diabetes Care)

Strategies to reduce insulin prescribing errors in UK hospitals: results from a national survey

There is potential to optimize the functionality of both electronic and paper‐based prescribing systems to improve the safe prescribing of insulin in hospitals in the UK (Diabetic Medicine)

National Diabetes Audit Report 1 – Care Processes and Treatment Targets 2018-19, Short Report

This short report details the top-level findings for the 2018-19 audit. The full report, scheduled for 2020, will contain full key findings, recommendations and results of new analyses into HbA1c check frequencies and blood glucose drug cohorts (NHS Digital)

Diabetes Prevention Programme 2018-19, Short Report

This report is for England only. Unlike the NDA, it does not include information on Wales (NHS Digital)