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09.11.2021
Getting fitter with Fitbit and Diabetes UK: Toddy's story
Toddy is a single mum of three from southern England, who has embarked on a 16-week programme with Fitbit...
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In our October research highlights, we look at a world-first stem cell transplant which helped a person with type 1 diabetes produce insulin, and how electrical impulses could regenerate cells in people with type 2 diabetes.
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08.11.2021
Elizabeth Evans Hughes and the Welsh connection to insulin
100 years ago, children diagnosed with what was then known as ‘juvenile’ diabetes would not be expected t...
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08.11.2021
Southend woman takes on walking challenge along seafront for World Dia...
A care worker is marking a year of living with type 1 diabetes with a sponsored 10k walk to support Diabe...
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04.11.2021
Understanding coronavirus risks in people with diabetes
Dr Jamie Hartmann-Boyce has lived with type 1 diabetes for 26 years. She is also an Associate Professor a...
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03.11.2021
Because I’m very active I thought I wouldn’t get type 2 diabetes
Zaheer is 48 and works in digital marketing. He changed his diet overnight after being diagnosed with typ...
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02.11.2021
It's time to level up health
Debbie Horne, Senior Policy Officer at Diabetes UK, reflects on what the Spending Review omitted and what...
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29.10.2021
More people should be accessing Flash
We’ve updated our position statement on Flash glucose monitoring this week. Liz Perraudin, Senior Policy ...
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27.10.2021
Our response to the Spending Review and Budget
A look at the Autumn 2021 Spending Review and Budget and how it may impact people living with diabetes.
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26.10.2021
Behind the headlines: Stem cell therapy breakthrough for type 1
Scientists in the United States have announced early results from a pioneering trial testing a new stem c...
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25.10.2021
Leeds dietitian supporting people to live well with diabetes
Ellouise Simpson is a specialist diabetes dietitian supporting people living with diabetes in communities...
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19.10.2021
Employment support and social security for people living with diabetes
Debbie Horne, our Senior Policy Officer (Social Justice and Poverty), reflects on our response to the Dep...
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11.10.2021
Highlights from Europe’s largest diabetes conference (EASD)
Diabetes researchers from across the world shared their latest breakthroughs at this year’s annual Europe...
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07.10.2021
It’s a family affair for Omagh runners
Leanne and Daniel Fullerton, aged 27 and 19, siblings from Omagh, recently completed the Great North Run,...
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06.10.2021
Matt: A day in the life of a video producer
Matt has been Diabetes UK’s Video Producer for three-and-a-half years. Here he tells us what he’s learned...
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06.10.2021
1-in-10 adults living with diabetes by 2030
Our new analysis predicts that, without significant government action, up to 5.5m people in the UK could ...
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06.10.2021
Five things we want to see in the Comprehensive Spending Review
On 27th October, Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor, set out the Government’s spending priorities for the next t...
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