Canadian Journal of Diabetes
Canadian Journal of Diabetes is Canada’s only diabetes-oriented, peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal for diabetes healthcare professionals.
Published quarterly (February, April, June, August, October and December), Canadian Journal of Diabetes contains original articles, resource reviews, a journal watch, shorter articles such as Perspectives in Practice and Diabetes and Society, and news from the Clinical and Scientific Section and the Diabetes Educators Section of the Canadian Diabetes Association.
Canadian Journal of Diabetes is distributed as a benefit of membership to all members of the Professional Sections of Canadian Diabetes Association.
Why the Glucose Tolerance Test Just Won’t Go Away
Why the Glucose Tolerance Test Just Won’t Go Away
H.C. Gerstein
To Educate or Not to Educate: That Is Not the Question
To Educate or Not to Educate: That Is Not the Question
A. Belton
Intrasubject Coefficient-of-variation Corresponds to Diagnostic Reproducibility in Diabetes Screening
Despite evidence suggesting that current fasting plasma glucose (FPG) criteria will markedly underestimate the prevalence of impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) (1) and diabetes mellitus (2) compared to 2 h plasma glucose (2hPG) following a 75 g oral glucose tolerance test (75 g-OGTT), the Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA) and American Diabetes Association (ADA) endorse the preferential use of FPG (3,4).
J.L. Sievenpiper, L.A. Leiter, V. Vuksan
Diabetes Education Evaluation: A Prospective Outcome Study
Diabetes is a primary example of the need for patient involvement in disease self-management and care. Attendance at a diabetes program has been associated with improved 5-year survival (1) and improved metabolic control (2).
E.A. Ryan, K.R. Todd, A. Estey, B. Cook, M. Pick
Development and Focus Group Testing of a Healthy Snack Pamphlet for People Living With Diabetes
Healthcare professionals at a Diabetes Education Centre (DEC) recognized that a pamphlet providing information about healthy snack foods could be useful in supporting the dietary self-management of people living with diabetes.
S. Minicucci, J. Paisley, M. Mori, J. Madill
Are Some Calcium Channel Blockers Bad for the Kidneys?
The notion of renal protection is promoted by many pharmaceutical companies in an effort to encourage physicians to change their prescribing habits.
D.C. Mendelssohn
Overview of the Treatment of Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: Focus on Thiazolidinediones
The prevalence of type 2 diabetes continues to increase at an epidemic rate.
L.A. Leiter, J.-F. Yale, R. Feldman
Production of materials has been made possible through a financial contribution from the Public Health Agency of Canada.
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