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New blood test could be an early warning for children with type 2 diabetes
A new type of blood test using lipids could make it easier to identify children at risk of complications around obesity including type 2 diabetes, liver disease and heart disease. A new study from Kin...
Glycaemic control among young people with type 1 diabetes improved by HCL systems
Youths living with type 1 diabetes are more likely to achieve better blood sugar management by using advanced hybrid closed-loop systems, latest research has demonstrated. During the study, a team of ...
T cell therapy shows long-term remission in type 1 diabetes
PolTREG has presented positive long-term data for its cell therapy, PTG-007, showing that the therapy induced clinical remission for type 1 diabetes for up to 12 years. The follow-up data from 54 peop...
Survey aims to collate key patient characteristics that should be included in future DFU studies
Those with experience of managing diabetic foot ulcer have been invited to take part in a survey aiming to collect the most important baseline patient characteristics which should be reported by studi...
Cardiovascular benefits of semaglutide maintained in people with impaired kidney function
Semaglutide can prevent heart attacks, strokes, and other major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in adults who are overweight or obese who don’t have diabetes, whether or not they also have impair...
HCPs urged to complete survey of vascular assessments
A survey has been launched to assess the use of technology in assisting with the arterial assessment of the lower limb and foot. The research team is exploring whether new technologies may have a plac...
Voice analysis can screen people for type 2 diabetes with high accuracy, study finds
New research presented at this year’s annual meeting of The European Association for the Study of Diabetes in Madrid highlights the potential of using voice analysis to detect undiagnosed type 2 diabe...
NICE publishes new guideline on diabetic retinopathy
Updated guidance on how to better manage and monitor diabetic retinopathy has been published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). This new guideline will support healthcare...
People receiving steroids are more than twice as likely to develop diabetes, study finds
Individuals who are being treated with systemic glucocorticoids are more than twice as likely to develop diabetes as those not receiving the treatment, the Annual Meeting of the European Association f...