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How's that step into work feel for you today? Laced with a spring or laden with lead... or simply maybe a bit confused?

It's tricky to try to interpret anything to do with politics today but we, as a nation, are now officially in limbo land. The country seems to have turned around and said: "We aren't giving you any winners, let's see whether you politicians can actually try to resolve it like adults, working together."

As many know, I have always found Brexit odd, especially in a world where isolationism is a relic of the past. Today, we are having a collective push from the nation which says... pause... "and think please".

You have to love democracy for that. There will be many permutations and combinations, many theories... but at the end, the politicians will have to show us the way. Show us the way to do something different - something a bit more measured.

The election campaigns have been, frankly awful, whichever media you choose to see, whichever side of the debate you sit in. I suspect a vast majority of people, beyond the hardcore folks have winced at the lies, half-truths and blind belief in issues to suit the phenomenon of confirmation bias.

And I am sure we will continue that again in the near future. But for now, it must be a time to pause and see what can be done together. To read more, click here. 

People’s eating habits are a ‘huge cause for concern’ after it was revealed 66 per cent of adults eat three or fewer portions of fruit or vegetables a day.

The results came from a survey which was commissioned by Diabetes UK to help promote Diabetes Week. To read more, click here. 

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A man with type 1 diabetes has been told by doctors he has a rare type of gene which explains why he no longer needs to rely upon insulin to control his condition.

Dan Darkes, from Daventry in Northamptonshire, discovered he had type 1 in 2010 shortly after leaving the army. He started using insulin, but stopped the daily injections earlier this year when tests showed his blood sugar levels were below average/average to low.

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Changes made to a medical retina qualification means it is now recognised by the NHS National Diabetic Eye Screening Programme.

The College of Optometrists and Public Health England have mapped the college-accredited Professional Certificate in Medical Retina to the new level three Diploma for Health Screeners (Diabetic Eye).

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People with mild-to-moderate obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are three times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, new research has suggested.

The findings are based on two US studies which also discovered that those people with the sleep condition are also at four-fold higher risk of suffering from hypertension.

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Measuring a person’s waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) is a “more accurate” way of predicting obesity than calculating the body mass index (BMI), researchers have said.

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An online insulin education course has been launched to help healthcare professionals gain enhanced knowledge and promote safe use in the clinical setting.

Understanding Insulin: NEW Free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) was developed by the University of Southampton in collaboration with the University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust adult diabetes team.

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A pioneering sensing system which consists of a “tattoo” of nanoparticles designed to detect glucose is being developed by US researchers.

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