Conspiracy Narratives as a Type of Social Myth.

It has long been recognized that conspiracy narratives may be seen as a special kind of myth. In most cases, however, this is taken as a sign of their irrational and unsubstantiated nature. I argue that mythical modes of reasoning are actually far more pervasive in modern political and cultural discourse than we commonly admit and that the difference between mainstream discourse and conspiracy narratives is not one between "rational" and "mythical" thought but rather one between different types of mythical thinking.

Retinal oxygen saturation is associated with HbA1c but not with short-term diabetes control, internal environment, smoking and mild retinopathy - ROXINEGLYD study.

Purpose: Purpose of this prospective uncontrolled single-centre pilot study was to find an association of retinal oxygen saturation (SatO ) with acid-base balance (ABB), carboxyhaemoglobin concentration, current plasma glucose concentration (PG), mean PG and PG variability over the last 72 hr, haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), and other conditions.

Methods: Forty-one adults (17 men) with type 1 (N = 14) or type 2 (N = 27) diabetes mellitus, age 48.6 ± 13.

Complex Assessment of Metabolic Effectiveness of Insulin Pump Therapy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Beyond HbA1c Reduction.

Background: This prospective single-center study recruited insulin-resistant continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) therapy-naive patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) using insulin analog-based multiple daily injections (MDI) therapy and metformin.

Methods: A total of 23 individuals with T2D (70% male), aged a mean ± standard deviation 57.2 ± 8.

Glucose concentrations in blood and tissue - a pilot study on variable time lag.

Aim: The aim of this pilot study was to acquire insight into the parameters of glycaemic control, especially, (1) the time delay (lag phase) between plasma and tissue glucose concentrations in relation to rise and fall in glucose levels and (2) the rate of glucose increase and decrease.

Methods: Four healthy people (HP), 4 people with type 1diabetes (DM1) and 4 with type 2 diabetes (DM2) underwent concurrent glucose measurements by means of (1) the continuous glucose monitoring system (CGMS-Medtronic), Medtronic-Minimed, CA, USA, calibrated by the glucometer Calla, Wellion, Austria, and, (2) the Beckman II analyser to measure glucose concentrations in venous plasma. Samples were taken on 4 consecutive days in the fasting state and 4 times after consumption of 50 g glucose.

Effective assessment of diabetes control using personal glucometers (CONTOURLINK, Bayer, Germany; CALLA, Wellion, Austria; LINUS, Agamatrix, USA).

Aim of this trial was to assess (1) the accuracy and precision of electrochemistry-based glucometers CONTOURLINK, CALLA, and LINUS and (2) the diabetes control using Ambulatory Glycaemic Profiles (AGP) as markers of therapeutic effectiveness. Glucometers and COBAS INTEGRA 400 Plus analyzer were used by one laboratory professional to estimate P-glucose (PG) in 112 out-patients. There were 112 sets of 12 PG estimations analyzed.