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Case study: Newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes education given to families with learning disabilities

Identifying additional needs, applying appropriate teaching and providing appropriate support.

28 Nov 2024

Diabetes Distilled: Earlier diabetes, earlier death

Study identifies a steep linear relationship between younger age at type 2 diabetes diagnosis and higher risk of mortality.

7 Nov 2023

Why should we have diabetes psychologists in the multidisciplinary team?

The rationale for routinely embedding diabetes psychologists in the MDT.

27 Jun 2023

Health and ethnic inequalities in people living with type 2 diabetes: A pharmacist’s perspective

What can clinicians do to tackle health and ethnic inequalities? A pharmacist’s perspective.

10 May 2023

Interactive case study: Gestational diabetes

The screening, identification and management of GDM, and the steps to screen for and prevent type 2 diabetes in the long term post-pregnancy.

10 May 2023

Mental health in vulnerable people: warning signs and strategies to improve health outcomes

Identifying the emotional and psychological needs of people with diabetes.

29 Mar 2023

How to manage diabetes during Ramadan

What to discuss with a person with diabetes who is considering fasting (updated March 2023).

23 Feb 2023

Journal club: Reducing health inequality – a simple step for practising healthcare professionals to take

Recent key papers on type 2 diabetes. What can we specially do in clinical practice to address health inequalities, both pragmatically and practically?

5 Jan 2023

Early-onset type 2 diabetes: Clinical implications, diagnosis and management

Diagnosis, clinical implications and management of early-onset type 2 diabetes, with a particular focus on younger adults.

3 Jan 2023

Reducing health inequality: A simple step for the practising clinician to take

Defining the problem and outlining what we can specially do in clinical practice to address health inequalities, both pragmatically and practically.

11 Dec 2022

Increased risk of prediabetes and diabetes across all BMI categories in people of Asian ethnicity

Findings underscore the variation at which the different Asian subgroups develop diabetes despite a similar burden of prediabetes.

11 Dec 2022

Disparities in medication prescribing between men and women with type 2 diabetes

Women less likely to receive treatment with statins and RAS blockers when they are needed.

11 Dec 2022

Ethnic and socioeconomic differences in risk of progression from prediabetes to type 2 diabetes

South Asian and mixed-race individuals, and people with high socioeconomic deprivation, have a higher risk of progression.

11 Dec 2022

Supporting people with learning disabilities to manage their diabetes with insulin

How the right education, support and skills can be provided so that people with learning disabilities can manage their diabetes safely and effectively.

30 Jun 2022

Spinal cord stimulation in the management of painful diabetic sensorimotor peripheral neuropathy

An overview of this distressing condition and the potential for spinal cord stimulation in its management.

30 Jun 2022

Editorial: Weight management and weight stigma: Why these are everyone’s responsibility

Understanding obesity and how to approach its management.

18 May 2022

Latest news: GDM health inequalities, normal-weight T2D remission, “middle-age health problems”, AI diagnosing T1D

Headlines from the 2022 Diabetes UK Professional Conference, held in London and online from 28 March to 1 April.

22 Apr 2022

Embedding flash glucose monitoring technology within neighbourhood nursing teams

Using flash glucose monitoring sensors in the community to improve care quality and reduce insulin errors.

22 Apr 2022