2 CPD Hours Authors Dr Maeve Durkan, MBBS, FACP, M.Med.Ed, Consultant in Diabetes & Endocrinology, Bons Secours Hospital, Cork, Senior Clinical Lecturer in Medicine, UCC, Chair Diabetes Section IES. Member National Diabetes Clinical Advisory Group. The goal of this module is to make a diagnosis and confirm diabetes mellitus, as well as understand the differing…

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) issued new guidelines on diabetes, pre-diabetes and cardiovascular diseases last August, which were published online in the European Heart Journal, and on the ESC website. They were developed in collaboration with the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD). Prof Francesco Cosentino, ESC Chairperson of the guidelines Task…

An overview of the innovative approach of the Midland Diabetes Structured Care Programme Diabetes has been described by the International Diabetes Federation as one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. The rising number of people with diabetes, the chronic nature of the condition and associated complications places a burden on health systems. Internationally…

People taking glucocorticoids at higher risk for Covid-19 Individuals taking glucocorticoids on a routine basis may be unable to mount a normal stress response and are at high risk if they are infected with the virus causing Covid-19, according to a new editorial published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. Published data to date shows that these patients are over-represented in those at…