Two leading professors have been presented with prestigious awards for their work to improve the health of the South Asian community.
Professor Kamlesh Khunti and Professor Wasim Hanif were both given the South Asian Health Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award on the final day of the organisation’s two-day Annual Conference.
Healthcare professionals are being urged to take part in a nationwide audit about Semaglutide.
The Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD) launched the survey following on from the success of previous ABCD audits of GLP1 receptor agonists, SGLT2 inhibitors, insulin degludec, IDegLira and most recently the FreeStyle Libre.
Roche Diabetes Care has obtained a CE mark for its Accu-Chek SugarView app.
This paves the way for the launch of the innovative diabetes management solution in Europe and further countries around the world requiring the CE mark.
Now officially classified as in-vitro diagnostics (IVD) software, the app will be made widely accessible by Roche first for certain smartphone models via the Google Play Store, enabling broader access to therapy relevant information for non-insulin dependent people with type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes.
The dates of next year’s Diabetes Professional Care have been unveiled by organisers.
DPC2020 will take place on Wednesday, November 11 and Thursday, November 12 2020, just two days before World Diabetes Day on Saturday, November 14.
Once again, the largest free-to-attend, CPD-accredited conference and exhibition for all healthcare professionals involved in the prevention, treatment and management of diabetes and its related conditions will take place in Olympia London’s National Hall, the largest space at the venue, to cope with growing demand.
Premature babies are at a higher risk of developing type 1 or type 2 diabetes as children or younger adults, according to research. To read more, click here.
Interventions are urgently needed to drive down diabetes-related complications among pregnant women, a charity has said. To read more, click here.
Remission of type 2 diabetes after bariatric surgery is more likely to be successful in people who have been newly diagnosed, according to researchers. To read more, click here.
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