healthcare

Estimate includes £63bn cost to people affected, £19bn cost to NHS and £15bn cost to society... Britain’s weight problem costs almost £100bn a year, analysis suggests, prompting calls for a government crackdown on unhealthy food and a drive to promote fresh ingredients...

1st December is World AIDS Day, and here's some useful links as HIV/AIDS does not discriminate (like diabetes) and the good news is that self-testing kits, safer sex contraception, sexual health screening, preventative prescription drugs like PrEP+PEP and anti-retroviral HIV drugs which can put...

Hello everyone, we are conducting research at King’s College London in the Department of Psychological Medicine to understand women’s experiences of a new mobile app for gestational diabetes. The study is open for women from the UK who currently have gestational diabetes or who have had...

Hello! I am brand new to this forum and Diabetes but feeling quite “at sea”! This is long sorry! I am not new to Diabetes UK having raised £1500+ for them in the last year through fitness challenges (how ironic)! Recently (early July) hospitalised and operated on for bad infection. Bloods...

Hi everyone. The last post I could find relating to this was from 2007 so I thought I'd try for some updated advice. I am moving to New Zealand for 6-12 months. I'm on a pump. Does anyone know how the system works over there or what we need to do specifically for our diabetes? There is a...

We are looking for people with diabetes (type 1 or type 2) who are being treated for breast, bowel or prostate cancer (or have been within the last 3 years), to take part in a research interview about their experiences. Please see the below study poster for more information. If you are...

Hi I’m new to the forums but my son was diagnosed with T1 18 years ago. he was recently diagnosed with gastroparesis and I was shocked when I was told that a gastric pacemaker was probably the best option but the gastro team had to request funding. I’ve started a petition on Change.org...

Last year, we conducted research on the Future of Diabetes, to which many of you gave your contribution. Some of the biggest bits of feedback we got were around improving healthcare professionals. You can play a role in doing this through joining the Diabetes UK Clinical Champion review panel...

At the University of Bedfordshire we are running a a research project looking at the feasibility of a mobile phone application to reduce sitting time and improve glucose control in type 2 diabetes. If it sounds like something you'd be interested in then please do get in contact for further...