An individualized inpatient diabetes education and hospital transition program for poorly controlled hospitalized patients with diabetes.

Objective: To evaluate predictors of outcomes associated with an inpatient diabetes education and discharge support program for hospitalized patients with poorly controlled diabetes (glycated hemoglobin [HbA1c]>9%).

Methods: Patients participated in individualized diabetes education conducted by a certified diabetes educator (CDE) that included an exploration of barriers and goal setting during hospitalization with telephone follow-up and communication with primary providers at discharge. Predictors of HbA1c reduction, successful follow-up, and readmission were analyzed.

Antagonistic pleiotropy at the human IL6 promoter confers genetic resilience to the pro-inflammatory effects of adverse social conditions in adolescence.

The authors tested the evolutionary genetic hypothesis that the functional form of an asymmetrically risky Gene × Environment interaction will differ as a function of age-related antagonistic pleiotropy (i.e., show opposite effects in young vs.