Differentiating hypoglycemia awareness status from hypoglycemia experience in tools for measuring impaired awareness of hypoglycemia

Background:Developing technologies in real-time continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) are successfully reducing severe hypoglycemia (SH) in trials and clinical practice. Their impact on impaired awareness of hypoglycemia, a major risk factor for SH, is uncertain. Methods:The present study examined two scales for assessing hypoglycemia awareness status, the Gold score and the eight-item Minimally Modified Clarke Hypoglycemia Survey (MMCHS), commonly used in trials of CGM, in Portuguese-speaking ...

Iodine availability through iodized salt in Portugal: 2010-2021 sales evolution and distribution

Salt iodization programs are considered the most cost-effective measures to ensure adequate iodine intake in iodine-deficient populations. Portuguese women of childbearing age and pregnant women were reported to be iodine-deficient, which led the health authorities, in 2013, to issue a recommendation for iodine supplementation during preconception, pregnancy and lactation. In the same year, iodized salt became mandatory in school canteens. Of note, no regulation or specific programs targeting...

Eficácia clínica do transplante da microbiota intestinal em pacientes com doença inflamatória intestinal: um Estudo piloto.

Nutracêuticos com Ação Adjuvante na Intervenção a Nível das Doenças Gastrointestinais