This is a landmark study from Oslo University Hospital Aker and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden and Oslo Diabetes Research Centre. The authors compared in a randomized study two different bariatric surgical procedures in extremely overweight (BMI between 50-60) and relatively young persons.They published their findings in one of the premier medical journals in the world, Annals of Internal medicine (impact factor 16.2, highest of any journals in internal medicine worldwide !)
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Terje Lund
A new study from Oslo Diabetes Research Centre
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Lars Christian Stene
This study explores the risk of stillbirth, infant death, preeclampsia and preterm delivery among pregnant women with type 1 diabetes in Norway 1985-2004. The study shows that there is still excess risk of fetal and infant death among women with type 1 diabetes, also in Norway. The risk of preeclampsia and preterm delivery is much higher than in the background population.
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Reseacher in Oslo Diabetes Research Centre and Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) Lars Chr. Stene has an important paper in the last issue of DIABETES, the best journal in the field of diabetes (1).
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Kjersti Mørkrid recieved on November 5th a prize for the best presentation at the Norwegian Perinataldagene 2010 in Lillehammer. She presented data on the prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus in a multi-ethnic population in Oslo, the STORK Groruddalen study.
This is worrisome for the future says senior author Anne Karen Jenum. This means that the ethnic minoritites have much longer time to get late complications.
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Oslo Research Centre had a marked presence at the EASD congress in Stockholm with 10 presentations in different fields of diabetes research. Read more
This study shows that guidelines and the establishment of a system for nationwide anonymous comparison between treatment centres of quality indicators for childhood diabetes lead to improvement in diabetes care.
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