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Nuts are a nutritional powerhouse. Might they be a prevention powerhouse too? Delegates at the 38th International Symposium on Diabetes and Nutrition heard presentations on their role in preventing and manag...

Hypoglycaemia presents particular challenges for older people, yet is frequently misdiagnosed in this group. In his new module, launching today, Professor Brian Frier sheds new light on this important but of...

The pandemic has provided healthcare professionals with a unique opportunity to make the most of a digital approach to diabetes care.

People with type 1 diabetes have been pushing the boundaries of sporting excellence for the past 100 years. Now, thanks to technology like continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) and closed-loop, they are achiev...

Listening to your feedback continues to be at the forefront of ensuring the EASD e-Learning programme is up to date, evidence based and meets the needs of our learners.

If you want a deeper understanding of the COVID-19 vaccination landscape, Dr Marc Evans is here to help. This week on Horizons we’re launching part one of his two-part presentation, an in-depth survey of the...

Look to the liver – for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has important links with type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome, and can worsen the risk of cardiovascular disease.

The human microbiome, its role in diabetes and whether we can modify it with diet was the subject of two presentations at the 38th International Symposium on Diabetes and Nutrition.

Early puberty timing is linked with type 2 diabetes and our increasing understanding of this could lead to targeted interventions in the future…

The discovery of insulin was one of the most remarkable breakthroughs in the history of medicine – and subsequent innovations have radically improved its use and flexibility, says Professor Kamlesh Khunti in...

Empowering women to choose the right contraception can make a huge difference to their lives – and to their experience of pregnancy should they choose that later down the line. This year’s Diabetes UK Profes...

The need for precision medicine to inform diabetes management decisions is widely understood, but how can we achieve it? Precision monitoring could be the enabler.

The latest module in EASD e-Learning’s course on metabolic surgery launches today, written and presented by Dr Dimitri Pournaras, a prolific researcher in the field, who is also a bariatric and metabol...

There are pros and cons to each of the non-surgical approaches designed to reduce bodyweight in people living with obesity and type 2 diabetes, and these were outlined at this year’s Diabetes UK Professional...

We now have unprecedented levels of research and development into drugs that can help manage cardiovascular risk, particularly in type 2 diabetes. Professor Naveed Sattar (University of Glasgow, UK) and Prof...

Diabetes in pregnancy can impact both mother and child. Two experts at this year’s Diabetes UK Professional Conference covered the link between gestational diabetes and stillbirth, and how to prepare women w...

Diabetes was identified as a risk factor for poor prognosis of COVID-19 early on in the pandemic. Research is now revealing a more nuanced association between levels of risk and phenotypic characteristics – ...

Surgical intervention to help manage or even reverse type 2 diabetes has become well established over the last two decades. In the first module in EASD e-Learning’s latest course, ‘Metabolic surg...

Quality screening, early diagnosis and timely referrals are key to preventing amputations in diabetes. Two experts shared their knowledge in an enlightening Primary Care Diabetes Europe webinar

Professors Miles Fisher and Mike Riddell – both of whom are keen advocates of exercise for people with type 1 diabetes, and cycling aficionados – gear up and don the lycra for the latest in our s...

Changes are afoot on the e-Learning platform – all aimed at making it easier for you to let us know what you think about our courses and alert us to any technical problems.