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Diabetes – What’s new (1 CPD hour)

 

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Learning objectives

To provide an update on five recent key developments in diabetes:

1. A Cochrane review into the risks and benefits of intensive glycaemic control

2. The 2012 NICE guidance on preventing type 2 diabetes 

3. Research on polypharmacy in patients with type 2 diabetes living in care homes 

4. Guidance on the risk of new-onset diabetes in patients taking a statin

5. The effect of bariatric surgery on diabetes control and possible remission