More than 300 healthcare professionals will come together for a training event so they can help support people with type 1 diabetes to exercise.
The type 1 diabetes charity JDRF’s Performance in Exercise and Knowledge (PEAK) programme and Exercising for Type 1 Diabetes (EXTOD) have teamed up to break new ground in education on type 1 and exercise. To read more, click here.
The editor of The Diabetes Times, who normally completes a 14-mile run every summer for a diabetes charity, refused to be beaten by a serious knee injury.
NHS England has released a report about prescribing biosimilar medicines.
The organisation has published a framework recommending at least 90 per cent of new patients should be prescribed the “best value biological medicine within three months of launch of a biosimilar medicine”. To read more, click here.
Tributes have been paid to the founding chairman of a national group which represents diabetes consultants in the UK.
Dr John Wales, who jointly set up the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD) with Professor Ken Shaw and Dr Richard Greenwood, died on Friday, September 1. To read more, click here.
A diabetes forum which has more than 250,000 members has been shown to empower wellbeing among its users, according to a study. To read more, click here.
An international speaker and expert on Charcot foot will present at a footcare conference later this month.
Professor William Jeffcoate has been lined up to talk at the 4th Northern Diabetes Footsore Clinical Symposium on Tuesday, October 10 at the Durham Centre. To read more, click here.
Imagine walking along a deserted road, alone, not knowing where you are, how you got there or where you are going. The air is calm and still, and the road appears to be safe, but there is a playful chill nipping at your exposed skin; enough to make you wrap your arms tightly around yourself, protecting yourself with the only tools you have. To read more, click here.
A major diabetes charity is calling for healthcare professionals working in hospitals to be more aware of hypoglycaemia.
It comes after the latest National Diabetes Inpatient Audit has shown that one in five people with diabetes have a hypoglycaemia episode during their hospital stay. To read more, click here.
Almost 240,000 people with type 2 diabetes are diagnosed with heart disease or stroke in England and Wales every year, according to estimates from the British Heart Foundation (BHF).
This includes 23,200 who suffer a heart attack, 31,900 people who suffer a stroke and 92,800 who develop heart failure, with experts warning these figures are on the rise as the population ages and population levels of obesity rises. To read more, click here.
People with type 2 diabetes could improve their health by using a new web-based self-management tool, according to research.
A study, carried out by the University College of London (UCL), has shown people who participate in the HeLP-Diabetes programme have better diabetes control after 12 months. To read more, click here.
