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Tool to predict best diabetes drug for each patient could help millions – study

It comes as a study found fewer than 18% of people in England have been treated with the most suitable blood sugar lowering drug for them.

Evening Standard · Feb 25, 2025

Pregnant women who develop diabetes should cut calories to avoid insulin – study

Researchers suggested the method could benefit an estimated 13,000 women annually if rolled out nationally.

Evening Standard · Feb 19, 2025

What is prediabetes and what can you do to stop it?

Diabetes UK estimates an additional 1.3 million people are living with undiagnosed type 2 diabetes

The Independent UK · Feb 6, 2025

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One in five UK adults living with diabetes or pre-diabetes as diagnoses reach all-time high

Charity Diabetes UK called the situation a ‘hidden health crisis’ and urged the government to act immediately

The Independent UK · Feb 6, 2025

One in five UK adults ‘living with diabetes or prediabetes’, data shows

Diabetes UK called for those living with the condition to be identified urgently.

The Independent UK · Feb 6, 2025

What you can eat five times a week to fight diabetes, according to scientists

Diabetes UK estimates that about 4.4 million people in the UK are living with a diabetes diagnosis

The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2024

Eating dark chocolate five times a week could lower type 2 diabetes risk – study

Meanwhile, an increased intake of milk chocolate was associated with weight gain, researchers found

The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2024

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Court Says Man Who Wrote His Will on Frozen Food Boxes Before Killing Himself Can Have Final Wish Granted: To Donate Entire Estate to Charity

A UK court will honor a will written across two frozen food packages, donating an entire estate to Diabetes UK.

Latin Times · Nov 14, 2024

World Diabetes Day: what is the theme this year?

The global movement aims to raise awareness for diabetes and its impacts on people around the world

Evening Standard · Nov 14, 2024

Man’s will written on back of food boxes is valid, UK high court rules

Malcolm Chenery left estate to Diabetes UK charity when he died in 2021, writing will on fish and mince pie boxes

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2024

Dragons’ Den star reveals diabetes struggle while training for Strictly

Davies said she became ‘borderline’ diabetic

The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2024

Simple blood test could detect cancer risk in type 2 diabetics

Type 2 diabetics face a higher risk of obesity-related cancers such as breast, kidney, uterus, ovarian and thyroid

The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2024

Scientists hail ‘smart’ insulin that responds to changing blood sugar levels in real time

Exclusive: People with type 1 diabetes may in future only need to give themselves insulin once a week, say experts

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2024

‘It looked like corned beef’: life inside a Welsh amputation ward – as diabetes gets worse

Patients are coping with unbearable pain and clinics fill up faster than they can be staffed. What can be done about a health crisis worsening at breathtaking speed?

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2024

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Cycling Weekly · Jul 23, 2024

The pedalling panacea: is cycling the best medicine?

As more and more GPs prescribe cycling to improve the nation’s health, Rob Kemp investigates whether gettingon your bike really is the best medicine available

The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2024

Can you really reverse type 2 diabetes? Here’s what experts say

Ahead of Diabetes Week (June 10-16), Abi Jackson finds out what type 2 remission really means

Evening Standard · May 23, 2024

Diabetes spike in under 40s fuelled by unhealthy diet and obesity, study finds

Type 2 diabetes, typically associated with older people, has risen by 40 per cent in those aged under 40, Diabetes UK says

The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2024

Sharp rise in type 2 diabetes among people under 40 in UK

Diagnoses up 39% in six years, with condition fuelled by obesity, health inequalities and junk food, study finds

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Evening Standard · Feb 19, 2024

Third of Londoners living with type 2 diabetes are undiagnosed, figures show

Millions more are at risk of developing the condition

The Guardian - UK · Jan 29, 2024

Cold case: police stop London Marathon runner training with fridge on back

Daniel Fairbrother is attempting to break world record for fastest marathon while carrying white goods

The Independent UK · Dec 25, 2023

100 years since the first diabetes patient treated with insulin in England

A century ago a diabetes diagnosis was essentially a ‘death sentence’, experts say.

The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2023

Government inaction on obesity is harming our health

Letter: It’s easy to blame individuals, but real change can only happen if industry and the government take responsibility, says Colette Marshall of Diabetes UK. Plus a letter from Michael Fuller

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2023

Insulin less temperature-sensitive than previously thought, study suggests

The findings could affect millions of people living in low and middle-income countries, particularly those in rural areas.

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2023

Regularly adding salt to food linked to increased type 2 diabetes risk – study

Data showed adults with the highest salt consumption had a 39% increased risk of developing the condition compared with those who rarely used it.

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2023

Extending diabetic eye screening to two years could risk sight loss, study finds

Researchers said ‘the incentive of biennial screening is to release capacity in the NHS’ and ‘lessen the inconvenience’ for diabetics at low risk.

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