Looking for useful diabetes articles and resources? We have posted a bunch of good ones to share with you.

The articles and resources are organized by Category and also by Alphabetical order. If you have articles that you think you would like to add to our collection, please email to us and we will be happy to post.

• Articles by DES and Faculty
• Clinical Practice Guidelines
• Diabetes and Pregnancy
• Diabetes Pathophysiology
• Medications for Diabetes
• Resources for Patients
• Screening Tools for Diabetes

Articles of the Month in Alphabetical Order - From our Diabetes Newsletters

4 Steps to Control Your-Diabetes--English.PDF-An excellent booklet for patients- 17 different languages and tons of great info.

4 Steps to Control Your Diabetes--Spanish.PDF-An excellent booklet for patients-17 different languages and tons of great info.

AACE Diabetes Care Guidelines- A comprehensive care plan for people with diabetes, published by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists.

AACE Passport Wallet Card.PDF-A tool that helps patients track if they are meeting AACE care goals from head to toes.

AADE Strategies for InsulinTherapy 2011.PDF - An excellent review of the latest research on proper insulin administration techniqes, patient barriers and insulin therapy.

ADA-Standards of Care PDF-This yearly publication by the American Diabetes Association outlines the goals of care for diabetes management. Since it is evidenced based, it includes a useful summary of the trials and research that the goals are based on. A must read if you are entering the diabetes field or preparing to take the CDE^® or BC-ADM Exam.

An Algorithm for Glycemic Control. ACE/AACE Statement by an American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists/American College of Endocrinology Consensus Panel on Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Endocrine Practice, 2009

The Art and Science of Diabetes Self‐Management Education - Book A core knowledge publication of the American Association of Diabetes Educators.The Art & Science is the must-have resource for all diabetes educators. Written by practicing diabetes educators for diabetes educators, the Art & Science provides the core knowledge and essential strategies and skills all educators need to facilitate behavior change in persons with diabetes.

Banting Lecture- Dr. Ralph Defronzo (2009). From the triumvirate to the ominous octet: a new paradigm for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Diabetes. 58(4):773‐795.

Body Mas Index Table--BMI Table.PDF - A great reference for your office to calculate BMI. Print it and you're ready to go.

Complete Nurses Guide to Diabetes Care. 2nd edition (2009). Childs, B. (editor). Alexandria VA:
American Diabetes Association.

Cost of Diabetes in the United States -An excellent summary article of the direct and indirect cost of diabetes care in the U.S. About 33% of the Medicare budget is spent on treating the complications of diabetes. Annually, $174 billion is spend on diabetes care (most of it inpatient).

Diabetes and Cancer A Consensus Report-CA Cancer J Clinic, 2010. An excellent summary of the research thus far into the unexpected connection between insulin resistance, diabetes and cancer.

Diabetes Article World Diabetes Day - written by Beverly Thomassian, this ready-to-go article provides you with content you can pick and choose for a press release or other informational piece.

Diabetes At a Glance.PDF- This patient handout is a two page summary of the ABC's of diabetes and provides diabetes management schedule.

Diabetes Dectective Finding Uncommon Conditions-This article authored by Beverly Thomassian, provides health care professionals with strategies to detect common, yet often underdiagnosed, complications associated with hyperglycemia and diabetes. It also describes how medications, organ transplants, and chronic illnesses can cause hyperglycemia.

Diabetes Mellitus and Metabolic Syndrome-This chapter authored by Beverly Thomassian, RN, MPH, CDE, BC-ADM, originally appeared in Cardiac Nursing Textbook, 6th Ed, 2009, published by Wolters Kluwer and Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

Diabetes Heart Disease and Stroke-A patient handout published by the National Diabetes Ed Program.

Diabetes Risk Calculator - a simple tool for detecting undiagnosed prediabetes and diabetes.

Diabetes treatment: Insulin and incretins. Fowler, M. (2010). Clinical Diabetes. An excellent review of the latest in insulin therapy.

Guiding Principles for Diabetes Care for Health Care Professionals.PDF-A quick summary of diabetes management and care provision.

Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults. (2002). Executive Summary of the Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP)
Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult
Treatment Panel III). JAMA, 285(19): 2486‐2497.

Exercise and Type 2 Diabetes-American College of Sports Medicine/American Diabetes Association joint position statment on exercise and type 2 diabetes.

Healthy People 2020 -The first diabetes objective of Healthy People 2020 is to reduce the annual cases of diabetes by 10%.

How to Manage Steroid Diabetes in the Patient with Cancer-J Support Oncolog 2006: This article provides practical information on managing hyperglycemia during chemotherapy.

Insulin Replacement Therapy -Authored by DES faculty member, Evelyne Fleury Milfort, this is an excellent white paper. It reviews strategies to effectively This chapter provides an in-depth overview of the diabetes epidemic with a special focus on the pathophysiology of diabetes and vessel disease. It compares the different definitions of metabolic syndrome and concludes with goals and diabetes treatment strategies. Overall, this chapter provides a comprehensive review of diabetes pathophysiology, heart disease, prevention and treatment strategies from a global perspective.

International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups. (2010). International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups recommendations on the diagnosis and classification of hyperglycemia in pregnancy. Diabetes Care, 33, 676–682.

Latent Autoimmunity in Adults (LADA) Article - provides helfpul guidelines for differentiating between type 2 and LADA.

Latent Autoimmunity in Adults (LADA) Screening Tool - provides a detailed chart to differentiate between type 2 and LADA.

Lifestyle Risk Factors and Diabetes Prevention in Older Adults Archives of Internal Medicine 2009 -This article illustrates 5 lifestyle factors that prevent diabetes. Given the global epidemic of diabetes, educators are perfectly positioned to promote prevention starting in their neighborhood.

Management of Hyperglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes A Consensus Algorithm for the Initiation and Adjustment of Therapy-This medication roadmap was developed in collaboration by the American Diabetes Association and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes. An excellent review of diabetes medications and the rationale for initiating therapy and making adjustments. Published in Diabetes Care, January 2009

Medical Management of Type 1 Diabetes - Book (5th ed.) Kaufman, F. (2008). Alexandria VA: American Diabetes Association.

MedicationWalletCard for Patients 2011  -Add your program's logo and provide your clients with a useful, customized document that includes contact info, list of medications and critical health data.

Metformin and B12 Deficiency -This complication affects about 30% of patients with diabetes who take metformin. Despite its common occurrence, vitamin B12 deficiency is often unrecognized and untreated. For this reason, patients on metformin should have their B12 level monitored annually. Published in BMJ. 2010;340:c2198

NDEP List of Publications and resources-A list of all the great stuff you can download or order.

New Drugs in the Development for the Treatment of Diabetes-This article by Terri L. Levien, PharmD, and Danial E. Baker, PharmD, FASHP, FASCP, was published in Diabetes Spectrum, 2009. This is an comprehensive and extensive description of new drugs on the horizon for diabetes. Written by pharmacists, it includes excellent tables and descriptions of the unique actions of each of these antihyperglycemic agents.

No Sugar Added Poetry -No-Sugar Added Poetry is a collection of 39 diabetes poems written by members of Tu.Diabetes.org, a community of people touched by diabetes, compiled by the Diabetes Hands Foundation with a forward from Dr. Bill Polonsky and an introduction by Lee Anne Thill. Download the first 9 pages of No-Sugar Added Poetry here, or get more information at:Tudiabetes.org

Physiology Obesity and gut flora -Nature 444, 1009-1010 (21 December 2006) Offers insights into how the balance of gut bacteria may influence body weight.

Practical Strategies to Improve Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes-This white paper is authored by DES faculty member, Evelyne Fleury Milfort, and published in the Journal of American Association of Nurse Practitioners (JAANP), June 2008. It addresses practical strategies to improve treatment of type 2 diabetes. The purpose of this review is to document the need for, barriers to, and available treatment options for patients with type 2 diabetes, with a focus on modern insulin and delivery systems.

Screening and Diagnostic Criteria for Diabetes 2012 -A one page summary of the risks, screening and diagnostic criteria for diabetes and gestational diabetes. A great tool for your practice setting or to share with providers.

Therapy for Diabetes Mellitus and Related Disorders - Book (5th ed.). Lebovitz, H.E. (2009) Alexandria, VA: American Diabetes Association. This book provides an excellent overview of detection and management of diabetes co-morbidities.

The Scope of Practice, Standards of Practice, and Standards of Professional Performance for DiabetesEducators (2011). Chicago, Il: American Association of Diabetes Educators - a must read for anyone entering the field of diabetes or as a reference for those already in the field.

Toward defining the autoimmune microbiome for type 1 -The ISME Journal (2011) An article exploring the relationship between the types and ratios of gut bacteria and expression of autoimmunity.

U-500 Insulin - When more with Less Yields Sucess -with the growing weight of our population, there is an increasing need for larger insulin doses. This article on U-500 insulin offers helpful information on pharmacotherapy, safety and dosing.

Unintentional Therapeutic Errors Involving Insulin in the Ambulatory Care Setting  -A retrospective search of nine U.S. Poison Control Center during the time period of 2000-2009 identified a 495% increase in the incidence of unintentional therapeutic insulin errors. Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 2011, Vol 45 pg 17-22.