[The general practitioner and insomnia].

A complaint of insomnia has to be analysed, and differentiated from hypochondria and, overall, from hypersomnia. Once confirmed and assessed as acute or chronic, it is often considered a disorder of hyperarousal, that is an imbalance between a central nervous system activating and a central nervous system inhibiting system with subcontinuous overflow from the former. An acute insomnia is less than one month of duration.

[Optimizing the management of type 2 diabetics: results of the "DREAM" study in general practice].

This paper reports the results of the "DREAM" ("Diabetes REinforcement of Adequate Management") study performed among 42 general practitioners. A treatment algorithm was proposed to intensify the management of type 2 diabetic patients in case of poor control (HbA1C > 7.5% and fasting blood glucose > 140 mg/dl) before asking for an advice from a diabetologist.