Diabetes news 24/02/09

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Type 2 diagnosis up by 74%
The number of new cases of diabetes rose by 74% between 1997 and 2003.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/4787406/New-cases-of-diabetes-up-by-three-quarters-as-obesity-rises-researchers-find.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...-diabetes-cases-soar-70-per-cent-1630309.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1153667/69-jump-diabetes-makes-worse-Americans.html

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7905734.stm

National broadcast:


BBC Breakfast – interview with Douglas Smallwood at 6.40am.
BBC News 24 – 8.35am. Coverage is expected throughout the day.
GMTV – interview with Douglas Smallwood
SKY News – interview with Douglas Smallwood
BBC Radio 4 Today Programme
BBC Radio 5 Live – Diabetes UK casestudy was interviewed
Independent Radio News (IRN) – broadcast to 280 independent radio stations
Radio 2 news bulletins
Radio 1 news bulletins
BBC General News Service – Care Advisor Natasha Marsland is being interviewed by local BBC radio stations this afternoo

Special needles
When Joel Quinn was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2003 at the age of four, his parents, Joe and Danni Quinn, suddenly faced a lot of new challenges.
Douglas Smallwood comments on the lack of support at schools for children with diabetes.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/feb/17/diabetes-children

Diabetes UK story on how paediatric nurses have double the recommended caseload:

http://www.healthcarerepublic.com/n...aediatric-nurses-double-recommended-caseload/

http://nursinginpractice.com/defaul...iabetes&page=article.display&article.id=15681

Nurses could provide psychological support to diabetes patients

Training nurses to deliver psychological support to patients with type 2 diabetes could reduce waiting lists for specialist treatment, according to UK researchers. Diabetes UK Care Advisor Caroline Butler comments.
http://www.nursingtimes.net/news/br...ychological_support_to_diabetes_patients.html

Professor Sir George Alberti has been appointed Diabetes UK Chairman

Succeeding Professor Simon Howell, Professor Alberti is internationally renowned in the field of diabetes and in the wider medical community. Coverage includes:

Guardian.co.uk - http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/feb/05/diabetes-george-alberti
U TV (Ulster TV) online - http://www3.u.tv/news/NationalNews/index.asp?id=155427&local=0
Newstin - http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/102464968
Politics.co.uk - http://www.politics.co.uk/opinion-formers/press-releases/health/diabetes-uk-professor-sir-george-alberti-appointed-diabetes-uk-chairman-$1266514$1232916.htm
Youreable.com - http://www.youreable.com/TwoShare/getPage/01News/01Current/February2009/diabetes
MediLexicon - http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=138087
 
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