Diabetes & Primary Care - Page 13 of 78

News in brief: Headlines from the 2022 Diabetes UK Professional Conference

News from the Diabetes UK Professional Conference, which took place from 28 March to 1 April.

6 Apr 2022

Structured diabetes education in 2022

How virtual and face-to-face courses can provide access to structured education.

22 Mar 2022

Diabetes Distilled: Does weight loss come at a cost in type 2 diabetes?

In this large study, both weight loss and weight gain were associated with adverse cardiovascular events in people with type 2 diabetes.

17 Mar 2022

Interactive case study: Managing type 2 diabetes during Ramadan

Two scenarios to relating to the safe management of type 2 diabetes during Ramadan.

16 Mar 2022

Diabetes Distilled: Updated NICE guidance on type 2 diabetes: Key points for primary care

What the NG28 update means for prescribing in primary care.

10 Mar 2022

Editorial: Guidelines and targets: Coping with the information overload

NICE's updated guidance on type 2 diabetes: Implications for practice.

8 Mar 2022

Conference over coffee: Frailty, obesity and sex

More short, sharp summaries from the PCDS National Conference in November 2021.

23 Feb 2022

The PCDS Lifetime Achievement Award to Professor Kamlesh Khunti

A tribute to Professor Kamlesh Khunti.

23 Feb 2022

Diabetes Distilled: Bone fragility and fractures – a common complication still ignored

A common and severe complication of diabetes, and how primary care can help.

18 Feb 2022

Interactive case study: Managing hypertension in diabetes – tricky cases

Managing complex cases of hypertension in type 2 diabetes: three new scenarios to improve your clinical knowledge.

9 Feb 2022

At a glance factsheet: Stroke and the person with diabetes

Essential information for primary care on improving stroke outcomes in people with diabetes.

9 Feb 2022

Need to know guide: Dosing for direct-acting oral anticoagulants in non-valvular atrial fibrillation

A printable guide to the considerations of prescribing a DOAC drug in atrial fibrillation.

7 Feb 2022

Diabetes Distilled: More motivation to prioritise pre-diabetes

Pre-diabetes is associated with an array of adverse outcomes in its own right. Time to take action in primary care.

7 Feb 2022

How to manage diabetes during Ramadan

[Newer version available] What to discuss with a person with diabetes who is considering fasting.

2 Feb 2022

Conference over coffee: Health inequality, mental illness and learning disability

Short, sharp summaries from the PCDS National Conference in November 2021.

24 Jan 2022

How to prepare people with diabetes for surgery

Considerations for people with or at high risk of diabetes undergoing surgery, including which information to include when referring.

19 Jan 2022

New PCDS video shorts: Best practice in clearing the COVID-19 backlog

A new series of short videos highlighting best practice and detailing how to overcome the challenges brought about by the pandemic.

17 Jan 2022

Deintensifying type 2 diabetes care – when and how

An approach to the individualisation and deintensification of diabetes care in those who might benefit from it.

22 Dec 2021