PSAD Symposium
Why is depression doing so much harm? Potential mechanisms

Results in the literature consistently show that 10% of the diabetes patients suffer from major depressive disorder and another 10% cope with the symptoms of subclinical forms of depression (minor depression).

DNSG Symposium
Gene-diet interaction in relation
to diabetes, metabolic risk
and cardiovascular disease
Risk of diabetes: the role of lifestyle and genes

Both lifestyle and genetic factors are known to be involved in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Although T2DM has been considered to be strongly genetic disease, only few risk genes have been identified, which are consistently associated with the risk of diabetes.

PSAD Symposium
Identification and diagnosis
of depression in diabetic patients
in clinical care

The co-morbidity of diabetes and depression is associated with adverse diabetes outcomes.

EASD/ISPAD Symposium
Challenges of therapy in children with diabetes - Real time glucose sensing and pumps in children with diabetes

In current clinical practice, the use of intensified insulin treatment in type 1 (multiple daily injections or pump therapy) is the standard treatment not only in adult, but also in pediatric patients with type 1 diabetes.