Assessment of barriers to improve diabetes management in older adults: a randomized controlled study.

Objective: To evaluate whether assessment of barriers to self-care and strategies to cope with these barriers in older adults with diabetes is superior to usual care with attention control. The American Diabetes Association guidelines recommend the assessment of age-specific barriers. However, the effect of such strategy on outcomes is unknown.

Resting-state brain functional connectivity is altered in type 2 diabetes.

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a risk factor for Alzheimer disease (AD). Populations at risk for AD show altered brain activity in the default mode network (DMN) before cognitive dysfunction. We evaluated this brain pattern in T2DM patients.

Brain activation during working memory is altered in patients with type 1 diabetes during hypoglycemia.

Objective: To investigate the effects of acute hypoglycemia on working memory and brain function in patients with type 1 diabetes.

Research Design And Methods: Using blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) functional magnetic resonance imaging during euglycemic (5.0 mmol/L) and hypoglycemic (2.

Frequent hypoglycemia among elderly patients with poor glycemic control.

Background: Episodes of hypoglycemia are particularly dangerous in the older population. To reduce the risk of hypoglycemia, relaxation of the standard hemoglobin A(1c) (HbA(1c)) goals has been proposed for frail elderly patients. However, the risk of hypoglycemia in this population with higher HbA(1c) levels is unknown.