Rise in avoidable diabetes hospital visits – No 64

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Rise in avoidable diabetes hospital visits

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DT Survey: We want your opinions

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‘Pokemon Go could ease type 2 burden'

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Late menopause linked to type 2 diabetes

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The Big Interview – Professor Alan Sinclair

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DSN Spotlight – Helen Atkins

This week, Helen Atkins takes part in our DSN Spotlight series. The feature aims to find out more about those who are making a difference to people with diabetes everyday.

She explains the best way to achieve good health outcomes with patients who have diabetes. To read the feature, click here.

Simmering anger – Dr Partha Kar’s latest blog post

A regular bubble of simmering anger. The 24/7 world offers enough fodder and the world of Twitter reacts with predictability... the angst, the edge of menace, the self righteous, the genuine frustration... they all simmer together in a toxic cocktail creating an atmosphere which sometimes can become quite suffocating.

Every day there exists some reason for angst and this week has been no different. Forgetting even the ultra bizarre world of politics, the NHS itself has been fizzing with news. To read more, click here.

JDRF aims to make better concentrated insulin

A leading type 1 diabetes charity has pledged to try to help make insulin pumps significantly smaller, it has been announced.

JDRF will donate more than £600,000 into perfecting a concentrated form of insulin which would mean a smaller vial would be needed to hold the liquid in an insulin pump. To read more, click here.

Rise in avoidable diabetes hospital visits

Hospital admissions for a short-term and avoidable complication of diabetes have risen by 39 per cent in the last 10 years, a new analysis has concluded.

Almost 80,000 people were admitted to hospital in England for hypoglycaemia – where the blood sugar of a person with diabetes drops to dangerously low levels – for a total of 101,475 episodes between 2005 and 2014, an NIHR-supported study carried out at the Leicester Diabetes Centre found. To read more, click here.

DT Survey: We want your opinions

The views of readers of The Diabetes Times are being sought as part of a new drive to further improve our publication.

We have launched The Annual DT Readership Survey 2016 to get invaluable feedback and to ensure we are fully catering for our audience. Click here to take part.

‘Pokemon Go could ease type 2 burden'

The recent smartphone craze Pokemon Go could provide an “innovative solution” to rising obesity levels and chronic disease, leading researchers have said.

Millions of people have started to play Pokemon, which is a virtual reality treasure hunt where players must walk to places within the real world and catch, train and battle monsters that appear on their mobile phone screens. To read more, click here.

Late menopause linked to type 2 diabetes

Women who go through the menopause later in life are at a greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a study in the US has found. To read more, click here.

The Big Interview – Professor Alan Sinclair

Professor Alan Sinclair is an internationally and nationally recognised researcher in the field of diabetes in older people.

He outlines what he feels are the biggest challenges in older people’s diabetes care and what he wants to see change. To read the interview, click here.

DIABETES DIGEST

DKA linked to socially deprived teens

People who are repeatedly admitted to hospital with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) are more likely to be young and socially deprived, new research has said.

A Scottish study also found that people with type 1 diabetes, who endured five DKA admissions, were more likely to be diagnosed with the condition during adolescence than those with only one admission. To read more, click here.

Diabetes conference schedule unveiled

The Diabetes Professional Care 2016 has unveiled its speaker line-up for this year, which includes keynote presentations from NHS England and The Diabetes Think Tank.

The educational conference, which takes place on November 16 and 17 at London’s Olympia, will see diabetes experts and healthcare professionals share insight across an array of critical subjects. To read more, click here.

Prime Minister sends positive type 1 message

Theresa May has used her first appearance at Prime Minister’s Questions to reassure young people with type 1 diabetes that their future is ‘not limited’ and they can do ‘whatever they want’.

The newly elected PM was responding to a question from Labour’s Jamie Reed, who also has type 1, about the Government’s plans for the NHS. To read more, click here.

Diabetes home measuring gets better results

People monitoring diabetes and blood pressure at home get better results than patients who are only seen by their GP, research has shown.

A study looking more than 300 people with type 2 diabetes over nine months compares the health outcomes of people using telemonitoring devices to those who were looked after according to current guidelines, visiting their GP practices at least once a year. To read more, click here.

The Diabetes Manager – Does size matter?

Abigail Kitt is a healthcare manager who has worked in the diabetes sector since 2004.

Her blog shares Abbey’s passion for all things diabetes from a manager’s perspective. To read more, click here.