England’s first type 2 prevention drive has been launched in a bid to help 100,000 people, it has been announced. The first wave of the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (NHS DPP) will ...
There has been a mixed response by leading diabetes charities about the Chancellor’s sugar tax on soft drinks. Chris Askew, Diabetes UK’s chief executive, said the announcement was ...
A man with type 1 diabetes has launched a social media network aimed at people with the condition. Christopher Reed, from Portsmouth, launched JABA early this year and said since then word has ...
The introduction of a sugar tax on soft drinks has been announced as part of Chancellor George Osborne’s budget announcements. It is hoped the levy, which will come into force in 2018, will ...
A woman with type 1 diabetes has been presented with an award for living with the condition for 50 years. Monica Bloom, from South Wigston, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes aged 16, was ...
An event designed to provide increase healthcare professionals’ knowledge about advising people with type 1 diabetes to exercise safely is returning for its third year. The Exercise for ...
A teenage girl has appealed to the diabetes community to “live life to the fullest” despite having the chronic condition. Millie Hainge, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when ...
Challenging and inspirational accounts of type 1 diabetes were shared at a new forum formed to raise awareness of the condition. The experiences of people living with type 1 diabetes and those ...
An event created to inspire people with type 1 diabetes to “think differently” about their condition takes place this weekend. The Talking About Diabetes (TAD) meeting has been organised by a ...
Metformin the drug commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes could help significantly reduce the risk of breast cancer. Research, carried out by the University of Copenhagen, has suggested that ...