Inhibition of islet immunoreactivity by adiponectin is attenuated in human type 1 diabetes.

Context: Adiponectin is an adipocyte-derived cytokine with insulin-sensitizing and antiinflammatory properties. These dual actions have not previously been examined in the context of human disease.

Objectives: Our objective was to examine the adiponectin axis in type 1 diabetes (T1D).

Mind the gap: Learners' perspectives on what they learn in communication compared to how they and others behave in the real world.

Objective: To explore the lack of the learners' voice at previous international conferences on communication in healthcare.

Methods: A group of medical students and recently qualified junior doctors were invited to give the learner's perspective on how communication skills are taught and how they are implemented in 'real life', at a 90min symposium at the EACH International Conference on Communication in Healthcare, 4th September 2008, Oslo.

Results: We attempt to bridge the gap between learning communication skills formally in the medical classroom and actually implementing these in the real world between doctors and patients from a learners' perspective.