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Clinical News cont. from page 5 Diabetes Care (care.diabetesjour nals.org). Accepted manuscripts will appear in the print and digital editions of Diabetes Care and will be freely accessible on Diabetes Care Online. In addition, accepted Novel Communications in Diabetes papers will not be assessed manuscript-processing fees. Submissions to Diabetes Care typically receive an initial decision in two to three weeks. Diabetes Care is the highestranked journal devoted exclusively to diabetes treatment, care, and prevention. Visit care.dia betesjournals.org to learn more about the journal and to sign up for e-mail updates and content alerts. For information on becoming an ADA professional member, please visit professional.dia betes.org/mypro. Diabetes Legacy Content Now Available Online T he American Diabetes Association is pleased to announce the online availability of several decades’ worth of legacy content from Diabetes, the Association’s flagship research journal. Before completion of the Diabetes legacy project, PDFs were available online only for articles published in 2000 and later. Now, searchable PDF files of an additional 477 issues published between 1952 and 1999, comprising more than 8,500 arti6 cles and 60,000 pages of content, are accessible at diabetes.dia betesjournals.org. “We hope our readers and contributors will appreciate and take advantage of the tremendous wealth of additional information now available in the Diabetes online archives,” commented K. Sreekumaran Nair, MD, PhD, editor-in-chief of Diabetes. “We believe making previously published Diabetes research available to our readers will help advance future diabetes research.” The legacy content of Diabetes will be freely available until July 3, 2013; after July 3, content published before 2000 will be available only to institutional subscribers or to ADA category 1 professional members who select a subscription to Diabetes as part of their membership package. Diabetes is the highest-ranked journal devoted exclusively to diabetes research. The monthly peer-reviewed journal publishes original research related to the physiology and pathophysiology of diabetes. Diabetes also publishes commentaries and editorials on diabetes-related research, as well as reviews of novel research methodologies and technology advances. For more information about Diabetes, please visit diabetes.diabetesjournals.org. To learn how to become an ADA professional member, please visit professional. diabetes.org/mypro. ADA Relaunches My Health Advisor N ewly relaunched, the Association’s free online My Health Advisor tool helps your patients learn about the steps they can take to lower their risk for developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and diabetes complications. A more intuitive interface and faster processing times makes the new version even easier to use. My Health Advisor is available at diabetes.org/mha. As before, patients enter basic health and lifestyle information into the online tool, which immediately calculates their risk estimates. Patients are then able to resubmit modified lifestyle information, so that they can see how making such changes as quitting smoking or losing 5 to 10 pounds will lower their disease risk and improve their health. A summary report displaying the user’s personal risk estimates and action plan can be printed out and discussed at medical appointments. Action Brief ■ In 2012, the American Diabetes Association and The Endocrine Society convened a workgroup of diabetes experts to address several important issues related to hypoglycemia in diabetes and to update consensus guidelines for clinical practice. The workgroup determined that a glucose level ≤70 mg/dl (≤3.9 mmol/L) should serve as an alert level for hypoglycemia risk, and that glycemic targets should be individualized based on patient characteristics. The workgroup also discussed hypoglycemia-related outcomes, developed strategies for prevention and clinical care of hypoglycemia, and identified current gaps in knowledge. The resulting consensus report will appear in the May issues of Diabetes Care and The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (and will be published online ahead of print in April). ▲ Professional Section Quarterly http://care.diabetesjournals.org http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org http://care.diabetesjournals.org http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org http://www.diabetes.org/mha http://care.diabetesjournals.org http://care.diabetesjournals.org http://professional.diabetes.org/mypro http://professional.diabetes.org/mypro http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org http://professional.diabetes.org/mypro http://professional.diabetes.org/mypro

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Professional Section Quarterly - Winter 2013

Professional Section Quarterly - Winter 2013
Contents
The Guideline Advantage Program
Diabetes Care: Call for Papers
73rd Scientific Sessions News
Research Award Recipients

Professional Section Quarterly - Winter 2013