The Big Interview – Karen Addington
8th September 2016
Karen Addington is the chief executive of JDRF, a global organisation and the world’s leading charitable funder of type 1 diabetes research. Read Ms Addington’s views on how diabetes ...
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Childhood antibiotics linked to type 1 diabetes
23rd August 2016
A link between giving children antibiotics and type 1 diabetes has been found in a study, which was carried out on mice. In doses equivalent to those given to children, researchers said ...
JDRF aims to make better concentrated insulin
27th July 2016
A leading type 1 diabetes charity has pledged to try to help make insulin pumps significantly smaller, it has been announced. JDRF will donate more than £600,000 into perfecting a concentrated ...
Artificial pancreas device ‘gives better control’
12th May 2016
Artificial pancreas systems provide better glucose control than conventional pump therapy, according to a new study. A team of researchers from the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal ...
JDRF announces £97m research funding
27th April 2016
A total of £97m will be spend on tackling diabetes in the UK, it has been announced. The money is being provided by seven funders, the type 1 charity JDRF said in a report called Type 1 Research ...
‘Fustrated’ type 1 teen visits Parliament
26th April 2016
A teenager has vowed to make every Member of Parliament understand the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Millie Hainge from Leicester, who has type 1 said she finds it ...
‘UK insulin pump use goes up’
5th April 2016
Insulin pump use among people with type 1 diabetes in the UK has gone up, but numbers still remain lower than in comparable countries. The findings, taken from the first National Diabetes Insulin ...
Diabetes community responds to sugar tax
17th March 2016
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 ...
Teenage girl spreads type 1 message
16th March 2016
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 ...
Diabetes consultants launch new type 1 event
9th March 2016
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 ...