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Type 2 diabetes: Reframing the first stage of care

Attempts to achieve remission, or at least a substantial improvement in glycaemic control, should be the initial focus at type 2 diabetes diagnosis.

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A low-carbohydrate weight-loss intervention: 8-year practice service evaluation

A low-carbohydrate intervention should be offered early in the diabetes journey, and before HbA1c rises too high, to maximise the odds of remission.

Effect of weight change on remission in people with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes

Weight loss in the early stage of type 2 diabetes has an important effect on the prognosis.

Healthy versus unhealthy plant-based diets: How do they affect type 2 diabetes risk?

Not all plant-based diets are born equal for preventing type 2 diabetes.

Cumulative glycaemic exposure and cardiovascular risk

Greater HbA1c exposure, which reflects long-term glycaemic control, significantly increases the risk of CVD and mortality in type 2 diabetes.

Look AHEAD: Intensive lifestyle intervention less effective in those with higher HbA1c

Research is needed to help develop interventions that are effective for those with higher HbA1c.

New kids on the block: Friend or Foe?

Amid accumulating evidence of benefits with new diabetes drugs, Vinod Patel asks whether the costs can be justified.

Tirzepatide reduces the predicted risk of developing type 2 diabetes

Predicted relative risk of type 2 diabetes reduced by about half at 24 weeks and by about two-thirds at 72 weeks.

Efficacy and safety of once-weekly insulins: Meta-analysis

Once-weekly insulins offer similar or superior glycaemic control to daily insulins, albeit with some greater weight gain.

Effects of canagliflozin are consistent across BMI classes

Cardiovascular and renal outcomes are similar in people with type 2 diabetes irrespective of BMI category.

Benefits and adverse events of newer diabetes therapies according to frailty status

SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 RAs superior to DPP-4 inhibitors even in people with high frailty scores.

Ideas for diabetes care: Something borrowed, something blue

How does the old wedding tradition relate to best practice in diabetes care? Vinod Patel reveals all!

Sustained increase in physical fitness improves cardiometabolic risk independently of weight change

Sustained increase in physical fitness improves cardiometabolic risk independently of weight change.

Latest events & on-demand videos

2025: 16th Welsh Conference of the Primary Care Diabetes & Obesity Society

Leonardo Hotel, Cardiff - Formerly the Jury's Inn

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2025: 21st National Conference of the Primary Care Diabetes & Obesity Society

National Conference Centre, Birmingham

19th - 20th November 2025

Join us face-to-face in Birmingham this November!

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2025: Diabetes & Obesity: Mastering the management of multiple long-term conditions

RCGP, 30 Euston Square, London

Wednesday 2 July 2025

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2025: SMART Roadshow: Age Matters: Diagnostic Dilemmas and Difficult Decisions in T2D – getting it right in primary care

Various locations across the UK

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2024: PCDS Webinar: Early-Onset Type 2 Diabetes On demand

Originally broadcast on 5 February 2024. Watch on demand now!

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Type 2 diabetes: Reframing the first stage of care

A low-carbohydrate weight-loss intervention: 8-year practice service evaluation

Effect of weight change on remission in people with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes

Healthy versus unhealthy plant-based diets: How do they affect type 2 diabetes risk?

Cumulative glycaemic exposure and cardiovascular risk

Look AHEAD: Intensive lifestyle intervention less effective in those with higher HbA1c

New kids on the block: Friend or Foe?

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