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An eye-opening presentation about how diabetes technologies are allocated was given at the recent Diabetes UK Professional Conference. Lisa Buckingham reports.

In our latest module, Professor Hinde Iraqi sets out the steps healthcare professionals should take to support safe pilgrimage for their Muslim patients with diabetes in the era of COVID-19.

With obesity and type 2 diabetes on the rise in young people, safe and effective treatment is vital. A session at the recent Diabetes UK Professional Conference explored the latest thinking. Lisa Buckingham ...

Even on statins, people with diabetes are still at risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). But lipid management can be improved, to optimise outcomes, by adding omega-3 fatty acids, according...

Much as they do for diabetes, biological, lifestyle and socioeconomic factors combined to worsen COVID-19 prevalence and outcomes in ethnic minority groups – according to Professor Kamlesh Khunti in hi...

Steroids, antipsychotics, antiretroviral therapy for HIV and immune checkpoint inhibitors against cancer: all of these may cause diabetes. A new review in Diabetologia looks at these four classes of diabetog...

The complications of type 2 diabetes need more attention in primary care. In the latest installment in our series The long and the short of it, we hear about what needs to be looked for, how best to do it an...

Rates of depression are two to three times higher in people with diabetes than in the general population and, for some, this increases the risk of suicide, suicide ideation and self-harm. Dr Susan Aldridge r...

If you’ve been following our Insulin in my country series, you might be interested in a commentary on the insulin market – past, present and future – which appears in a recent issue of Diab...

Clear strategies are needed for addressing it effectively and ending it for good. At the recent Diabetes UK Professional Conference, Dr Paul Chadwick looked at our efforts so far and outlined what needs to b...

Understanding the psychology of severe hypos that are driven by hypoglycaemia unawareness could go a long way to alleviating this common complication of insulin therapy. A new paper in Diabetologia describes...

For the first time, the National Diabetes Audit has recorded those diagnosed with type 2 diabetes before the age of 40. Speaking at last month’s Diabetes UK’s Annual Professional Conference, Dr S...

Being exposed to weight stigma is highly detrimental to the mental and physical health of people living with overweight and obesity, and healthcare professionals are often the culprits. This burgeoning issue...

The association between weight and type 2 diabetes has long been a focal point for enquiry into diabetes prevention and treatment. But a recent series of groundbreaking studies from Professor Roy Taylor &nda...

More and more data is emerging about the complex links between diabetes and cancer. Dr Susan Aldridge reports on some of the new research in this area presented at Diabetes UK’s recent Annual Professio...

The threat posed by COVID-19 may be receding, but the diabetes pandemic rages on and now requires our full attention, according to an opinion piece in a recent issue of Diabetologia. A study in the same issu...

In a presentation at this month’s Diabetes UK Professional Conference, a psychologist working within a diabetic foot clinic outlined her role and why all clinics should have one. Lisa Buckingham reports.

A new review in Diabetologia shines a light on the complex relationship between lipid lowering and diabetic retinopathy. Further understanding of retinal cholesterol metabolism, including the formation of ch...

Gestational diabetes can have a serious impact on the health of both mother and baby. But according to a recent review in Diabetologia,there is scope now for a more precise approach to its prevention based o...

Type 1 diabetes may begin with DNA changes that influence gene expression, according to a report in a recent paper in Diabetologia from researchers in Finland. And detection of this epigenetic signature coul...

Educational activities have been a core priority of the EASD since its foundation, but recent years have seen those activities expand significantly in number and variety. To help guide the future delivery of...