Clinical experience with insulin detemir, biphasic insulin aspart and insulin aspart in people with type 2 diabetes: Results from the Abu Dhabi cohort of the A1chieve study.

Background: The A1chieve, a multicentric (28 countries), 24-week, non-interventional study evaluated the safety and effectiveness of insulin detemir, biphasic insulin aspart and insulin aspart in people with T2DM (n = 66,726) in routine clinical care across four continents.

Materials And Methods: Data was collected at baseline, at 12 weeks and at 24 weeks. This short communication presents the results for patients enrolled from Abu Dhabi.

Vitamin D - a review.

Background: Vitamin D status affects musculoskeletal health. More recently, the nonmusculoskeletal actions of vitamin D have become increasingly documented including endocrine effect on kidneys and intestine, local autocrine effects on cell differentiation, proliferation and immune modulation, and cell membrane effects including promotion of the intestinal absorption of calcium and the secretion of insulin.

Objective: This article discusses the actions, sources and measurement of vitamin D, and the treatment of established deficiency.