Category Archives: Diabetes

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http://www.ttuhsc.edu/som/fammed/ttmedcast/DM_Eyes.mp3

The Texas Tech Medcast is a podcast for medical residents, medical students, practicing physicians, and others involved in medical education. This podcast provides an overview of diabetic retinopathy and diabetic eye disease.

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http://www2.niddk.nih.gov/

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http://ocw.tufts.edu/Course/14

TUFTSs university have given open access to the lecture notes that complement their course on the Pathophysiology of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism- click on ‘lectures’. The resources also contains case based tutorials, and answers. Covers all diabetes and all endocrinology major sub-specialities. The notes are set out in a way that they can be used [...]

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http://www.sign.ac.uk/guidelines/fulltext/115/index.html

This latest SIGN (Scottish Intercollegiate) guideline gives a comprehensive evidence based approach opinion of all aspects of obesity management.

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http://www.nice.org.uk/CG043

NICE is the UK health watchdog. It has produced a number of guidelines on obesity management and cost effectiveness in the UK.

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http://www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk/Services/A-Z/DiabetesService/InformationHealthProfessionals/Pages/MetabolicUnitHandbook.aspx

Contains protocols (NHS Lothian, UK) for the investigation and management of all common diabetes and endocrine conditions, includes how to manage acute complications of diabetes mellitus e.g. DKA, through to how to perform water deprivation tests and hypertonic saline infusion for diagnosis of diabetes insipidus.  Great for junior doctors or diabetes, endocrine specialists.

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http://www.hopkins-diabetesguide.org/index.html

This diabetes guide is part of John Hopkins Point of Care Information Technology. You can browse by overview, management, complications and comorbidities, medication and clinical tests to find useful information about diabetes care. Also available as an app for mobile devices

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http://www.jdrf.org.uk/default.asp?section=2§ionTitle=Home

The website of the Juvenille diabetes research foundation- contains some patient information and a health professionals section with links to further resources. Also contains links to news and research. A few educational videos (e.g. lecture on islet cell transplantation).

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http://www.2aida.org/aida/intro.htm

This interactive tool (driven by downloadable software) is helpful in education and teaching about insulin dose adjusting. It simulated what will happen to glucose levels after certain insulin doses.

http://www.diabetes-healthnet.ac.uk/HandBook/HandBook.aspx

Contains management protocols for diabetes as used in Tayside. Good for junior doctors and specialists. Covers diagnosis through to management. Insulin pumps, pregnancy, insulin administration, driving, screening and complications are all covered.