Editorial
The lows and highs of diabetic brain damage: What do we really know?
Professor Christopher Ryan of the Editorial Board
Diabetic Hypoglycemia January 2009, Volume 1, Issue 3: page 1-2
Professor Ryan’s editorial focuses on the interesting point that, although hypoglycemia has previously been seen as a primary cause of brain damage in children and adults with diabetes, it now appears likely that most episodes of hypoglycemia have no, or very little, permanent effect on the CNS
Feature Article
Recurrent hypoglycemia and the development of permanent brain damage in diabetic adults
Christopher M. Ryan, PhD
Diabetic Hypoglycemia January 2009, Volume 1, Issue 3: page 3-7
Falling blood glucose values initiate a series of autonomic and neuroglycopenic symptoms which can lead to generalized discomfort, and often to mild cognitive dysfunction. To what extent do these acute, and often terrifying, events induce lasting damage to the central nervous system (CNS)?
Congress Reporter
Congress Reporter - automated alarms for hypoglycemia, spatial abilities, driving licences for individuals with recurrent severe hypoglycemia, and neuropsychological impact of diabetes
Martin Gilmour of the Diabetic Hypoglycemia Editorial Team
Diabetic Hypoglycemia January 2009, Volume 1, Issue 3: page 8-9
This edition of Diabetic Hypoglycemia reviews three abstracts presented at the 44th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) and one that was presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD).
Research Round Up
Research Round Up - diabetes treatment, patient education and hypoglycemia awareness, and hypoglycaemia and the brain
Martin Gilmour of the Diabetic Hypoglycemia Editorial Team
Diabetic Hypoglycemia January 2009, Volume 1, Issue 3: page 10-12
This issue’s research roundup focuses on new research in the topics of diabetes treatment, patient education and hypoglycemia awareness, and hypoglycemia and the brain.
Clinical Case Study
End stage renal failure and hypoglycemia
Dr Emma Robinson, Clinical Research Fellow in Diabetes, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK
Diabetic Hypoglycemia January 2009, Volume 1, Issue 3: page 13-14
This issue's study reviews the case of a 44 year old woman with a 28 year history of type 1 diabetes and a wide range of complications including proteinuria and chronic renal impairment, who was dialysis dependent and complaining of recurrent episodes of severe hypoglycemia. This case study features an editorial comment by Professor Simon Heller.
In Profile
Professor Robert Sherwin
Martin Gilmour of the Diabetic Hypoglycemia Editorial Team
Diabetic Hypoglycemia January 2009, Volume 1, Issue 3: page 15-16
For Issue 3 of Diabetic Hypoglycemia we interviewed Professor Robert Sherwin, CNH Long Professor of Medicine and Director of the Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center at Yale University School of Medicine.
Diabetes Treatment Review
Hypoglycemia risk with oral antidiabetic drugs
Martin Gilmour of the Diabetic Hypoglycemia Editorial Team
Diabetic Hypoglycemia January 2009, Volume 1, Issue 3: page 17-18
This issue’s treatment review focuses on recent publications on the incidence and effects of hypoglycemia in patients receiving oral antidiabetic drugs.
Webwatch
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), www.jdrf.org.uk
Martin Gilmour of the Diabetic Hypoglycemia Editorial Team
Diabetic Hypoglycemia January 2009, Volume 1, Issue 3: page 19
In each issue of Diabetic Hypoglycemia we review a website that contains information on hypoglycemia; this issue we review the website of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), www.jdrf.org.uk.