Projects
Quality of diabetes care: the role of health data KU Leuven
National diabetes registries are adequate tools for (1) quality control and improvement, (2) epidemiological research (prevalence, incidence and mortality), and (3) surveillance to support healthcare policy. Today, the Belgian health data landscape is scattered. The diabetes datasets have not yet in their full potential being used or combined to allow monitoring diabetes epidemiology and the evolution of health care (needs) or supporting ...
Implementing a Gender-sensitive Multidisciplinary Lifestyle Approach for women with type 2 diabetes in Oujda, Morocco (GLAMOUR) University of Antwerp
Aspalathus Linearis: a new type 2 diabetes antidote in humans? Hasselt University
The road to personalized management of type 1 diabetes with a focus on closed-loop devices KU Leuven
Insulin therapy is of vital importance for people with type 1 diabetes (T1D). Attaining near-normal blood glucose values reduces the risk of diabetic complications, but a regimen of intensive insulin administration is needed. Any current exogenous insulin therapy is however associated with risk of developing hypoglycemia often leading to fear of hypoglycemia and thus a barrier to achieve optimal diabetes control. The monitoring of glucose ...
Breath analysis as a non-invasive biomarker for the early detection of preclinical type 1 diabetes. University of Antwerp
An intersectoral innovative solution involving DIGItal tools, empowering families and integrating community CARE services for the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes and hypertension Ghent University
There are about 60 million people with diabetes in the European region. The prevalence of diabetes is increasing, mostly due to increases in excess weight and obesity, unhealthy diet and physical inactivity. In this context, the EU-funded DigiCare4You project will deliver an intersectoral innovation involving digital tools for early screening, prevention and management of type 2 diabetes and hypertension. Specifically, more than 10 000 ...
Prevention of heart failure in type 2 diabetes by exercise intervention Ghent University
Cardiac dysfunction is highly prevalent in type 2 diabetes (T2DM), leading to adverse cardiac events and premature death. In the last few years the global longitudinal strain (GLS, which can be assessed during echocardiography) was found to predict this diabetes-induced heart failure (DIHF) years ahead in T2DM patients. We have now recently shown that GLS indeed is disturbed even in well-controlled and symptom-free T2DM patients: a disturbed ...
Prevention of heart failure in type 2 diabetes by exercise intervention Hasselt University
Prevention of heart failure in type 2 diabetes by exercise intervention KU Leuven
Cardiac dysfunction is highly prevalent in type 2 diabetes (T2DM), leading to adverse cardiac events and premature death. In the last few years the global longitudinal strain (GLS, which can be assessed during echocardiography) was found to predict this diabetes-induced heart failure (DIHF) years ahead in T2DM patients. We have now recently shown that GLS indeed is disturbed even in well-controlled and symptom-free T2DM patients: a disturbed ...