diabetes

Hi im Simon, new here just been told i need insulin injections, i so worried, feeling down.

Hi everyone, we are working for a school project for an MIT competition and we have decided to focus on Diabetics, both Type 1 & 2, we are looking at what technology diabetics would use to help them deal with their disease. It would be really helpful for us if we would be allowed to post a poll...

However, one of my fave websites dissects it here: http://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2016/12/the-food-industry-is-gaslighting-us-on-the-harms-of-sugar/ This kind of bastardisation of science is what's behind the 'doubt' behind Global Warming and other anti-scientific movements like...

Hello everyone, UCLH are holding a web chat TODAY at 2pm with Dr Sarita Naik, consultant endocrinologist. You can ask her anything you like on diabetes. Please send questions in advance to webmaster@uclh.nhs.uk The web chat will take place here...

I would like to ask for my dad, who has recently been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, whether there is an NHS service for him to help him manage his diabetes, medicines, lifestyle and get his checks done all at once. He is working 9-5 everyday, so he would rather not come in on many different...

Hey, New here and joined because something has been bugging me now the last couple of days. Had a huge argument over the phone with a friend, mainly him shouting at me about how angry he was with the crap advise I dished out regarding an issue of his 5 years ago. Clearly it touched a nerve...

Hi folks, Can anyone tell me what this numb red spot on my foot is please? The spot itself is numb but the area around it feels normal. It has been there a few months now and I initially thought it was a bite. http://s10.postimg.org/45iizgxl5/20160920_023156.jpg Any thoughts would be much...

I was diagnosed in 2006, through having ketoacidosis and nearly losing my life. 10 years later, at 19 years old I am struggling with T1D more than ever... I need help. I do every bedtime insulin, maybe 1 daytime insulin and NO BG tests...I don't even know where my machine is. Ask you can imagine...

Hello my name is Alex Armstrong. I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of 3. I am now 25 and currently travelling the world, at the moment I am in Taiwan. Before I left I struggled to find information on travelling with diabetes. There was lots of information on 2 week holidays but...

Hello guys! I'm new to this sort of thing, want to see if it's any help? I don't have Diabetes myself but my boyfriend does, need some help if anyones up for helping? Thank you! X

Hey, I'm a type 1 diabetic and have been for 19 years. I was diagnosed when I was 7 years old, and I am now 26. One month ago I had a really bad case of diabetic ketoacidosis, my first time, which is what made me want to start to really look after my health instead of being in denial about it...

Cavefish that live in dark caves with only sporadic access to food show symptoms similar to diabetes, but don't appear to experience any health problems. New findings presented at The Allied Genetics Conference (TAGC) 2016, a meeting hosted by the Genetics Society of America, reveal the genetic...

For all ages, in all demographics - If you have a few minutes, please do the Psychology Study, Living with Diabetes. www.edinburgh.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/the-living-with-diabetes-survey Thanks! Answer hint..... p.s. Please share; research into the understanding of the psychological impact of...

Hi all Browsing the web and came across this article. It is very long and detailed with medical jargon. If you have some spare time or or bored check it out: www.emedmd.com/content/diabetes-mellitus Hope it is useful and not too boring!

Hi All, I'm appearing on local TV tomorrow night as part of a panel show on local news. I'm going to be talking about Diabetes (I'm a T1) and one of the questions I'm due to be asked is "what's the hardest part about having Diabetes?" It's not a question I've asked myself before, I could talk...

Hello Everyone! I am a student from the USA studying in Leeds, England this semester. Back home I am part of an honors college known as the Schreyer Honors College at Penn State and in order to graduate I have to write a thesis. Last year my youngest brother was diagnosed with Type I Diabetes...

According to a new study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, effective treatment for depression could go a long way toward improving health status and even preventing death among older adults who also have diabetes. Researchers assessing depression care...

Dementia (a decline in memory and other mental abilities) is a serious condition, and its prognosis (the likely course of the disease) is marked by progressive loss of cognitive function and complications such as infections and falls. Dementia has no cure, and is increasingly a cause of death in...

Hi guys, I'm 18 and have been T1D since I was 6 years old. I've literally just joined this forum as I am struggling a lot with keeping my sugars controlled well enough to get my HBA1C down. When I turned 13 I lost the rails with my Diabetes and totally gave up, I never done my injections or...