research

Hello everyone, This is a call for anyone living with diabetes, who or who has experienced diabetes care as a parent of a child living with diabetes. If you have some free time, we are looking for help to share your experience of Diabetes Care in order to improve services. The Diabetes UK...

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...

Hi, I have been running an Internet survey on painful neuropathy for the past 6 weeks, and would like to thank all the people who have taken the time to respond. The early analysis of the answers is very promising. The survey does not close until the end of April, if you have painful...

Hi, I am a research physiotherapist at the University of the West of England, UK. I want to better understand how painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN) affects people’s lives. I also want to know which of the impacts of PDN, people most want help to manage better. I’m currently running a survey...

Researchers at the University of Alberta are contributing to an innovative insulin trial that could potentially leave people with diabetes needle free. The trial, which began in San Diego, California in 2014, is underway in Edmonton under the watch of lead investigator Dr. James Shapiro. The...

Millions of people suffering from Type 2 diabetes could be cured of the disease if they just lost weight, a new study suggests. Scientists at Newcastle University have shown the disease is caused by fat accumulating in the pancreas and losing less than one gram from the organ can reverse the...

Landmark Clinical Trial of a Novel Combination Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes Begins at Jewish General Hospital and McGill University Health Centre Investigators at Montreal’s Lady Davis Institute at the Jewish General Hospital and McGill University Health Centre have announced the start of a...

What an incredible transformation. A protein used to help bones mend can also force pancreatic cells into producing insulin. The discovery could help people with type 1 diabetes produce their own insulin without having to take daily injections. In type 1 diabetes, beta cells in the pancreas...