A new online tool is now available to allow participants of a national FreeStyle Libre audit to analyse data.
Launched by the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD), the survey aims to get a real-world view of the FreeStyle Libre in adults and paediatric patients with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
Healthcare professionals are being asked to take part in a survey launched by Diabetes UK to assess emotional and psychological services.
It is a follow up 10 years on from a similar exercise carried out nationally by Diabetes UK, which resulted in the report Minding the Gap: The provision of psychological support and care for people with diabetes in the UK.
Guidelines about treatment intensification in adults with type 2 diabetes have been issued for healthcare professionals around the world.
The recommendations, which appeared in Annals of Internal Medicine, were published by the World Health Organization (WHO) and also featured information about analogue or human insulin in type 1 and 2 diabetes.
A doctor described as the “low carb GP” has been included on Pulse's annual list of the UK’s most influential general practitioners. To read more, click here.
Digital health specialits Diabetes.co.uk have been shortlisted for a prestigious national award for improving health outcomes. To read more, click here.
A call for abstracts has been made ahead of the launch of the new Diabetes Times online journal, with researchers and healthcare professionals invited to make submissions covering applied health research and service evaluation, delivery and audit.
Less than half of the over 40 age group eligible for an NHS Health Check in the last five years have actually received one. To read more, click here.
A service providing care for people with diabetes across North East Essex is in the running for a leading healthcare award, it has been announced. To read more, click here.
Aspirin use reduces the risk of occlusive vascular events but increases the risk of bleeding, according to a new study. To read more, click here.
Earlier treatment intensification is associated with shorter time to subsequent glyceamic control. To read more, click here.
Healthcare professionals are being urged to signpost university students with type 1 diabetes to a new toolkit specifically designed to help them manage their health in a new environment. To read more, click here.
A genetic risk score has proven to be successful at predicting progression to type 1 diabetes in people at risk of the condition, according to research published by Diabetes Care. To read more, click here.
Two leading charities have pledged their commitment to tackling kidney disease and diabetes by setting up Clinical Studies Groups, bringing together experts in both fields. To read more, click here.
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