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Thousands of ‘survival’ HypoCards issued to people with diabetes could help to save lives
More than 6,300 HypoCards have been handed out to people with diabetes providing vital advice on what to do should the card-carrier experience hypoglycaemia – a condition that can be life-threatening....
‘Alarming’ frequency of hypos in type 1 diabetes revealed in new poll
More than one in four people with type 1 diabetes experience dangerously low blood sugar levels at least once every three days, a survey published to mark World Diabetes Day has found. According to th...
New date unveiled for upcoming GlucoContro.online masterclass
Healthcare professionals involved in diabetes are invited to attend an online session looking at a web-based solution that allows them to securely connect with their patients’ blood glucose readings. ...
Latest guidance on ketones now available for healthcare professionals
A newly launched document has been created by a diabetes team to educate healthcare professionals on how to monitor ketones in people with the condition. ‘Monitoring for ketones’ has been created as p...
Diabetes specialist nursing at forefront of new in person conference
The Diabetes Specialist Nurse (DSN) Forum welcomed hundreds of healthcare professionals to its inaugural face-to-face event earlier this month. Experts took to the stage on Friday, October 13, at the ...
Study highlights link between socioeconomic deprivation and amputation risk
A new study has found the likelihood of amputations relating to diabetic foot disease is “inversely proportional” to the index of multiple deprivation. The research, Socioeconomic Deprivation as a Pre...
Severe hypoglycaemia twice as likely in adults living with diabetes and food insecurity
New research has found that severe hypoglycaemia is over two times more frequent in people with diabetes who struggle to afford food. Severe hypoglycaemia is when a person experiences loss of consciou...
Type 2 diabetes diagnoses could be made earlier using marked illness trajectory
A recent study detected a marked increase in several common conditions in the years running up to and right before someone being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. These study results suggest that diagno...
National diabetes inpatient specialist nursing group appoints new chair
After a competitive recruitment process, Andrea Lake was appointed as the new Chair of the Diabetes Inpatient Specialist Nurse (DISN) UK Group at the latest committee meeting. Andrea is currently a c...