The only way you can find out if you or a loved one has diabetes is from blood tests that measure your blood glucose (sugar) levels. These can be arranged through your GP surgery A diagnosis of ...

Mediterranean diets have been associated with reduced risk of high blood pressure and cholesterol which are risk factors for heart disease. A Mediterranean style diet can therefore provide a great ...

Diabetes Week is a week to make some noise, raise awareness and shout about the things that matter to people with diabetes, shining a light on what it’s like to live with day in, day out. And this ...

Causes of type 1 diabetes It’s normal to wonder if something you’ve done could have caused your type 1 diabetes – or a child’s type 1 diabetes. But there’s nothing you could have done to prevent it.

Dr Elizabeth Robertson is Director of Research at Diabetes UK. She said: “ We are delighted to be partnering with the NIHR to fund the next critical step in our mission to make type 2 diabetes ...

With the right treatment and support, it is possible to live well with diabetes. But without it, devastating diabetes complications can develop, and every week diabetes leads to 2,990 cases of heart ...

Making strides with stem cells. The stem cell therapy research is being led by a biotech company called Vertex.They’re running an early-stage clinical trial in the US testing a new approach to ...

Over five million people in the UK are now living with diabetes, equivalent to more than one in 14 people. The majority of these are living with type 2 diabetes, with the number of people diagnosed ...

Diabetes can be hard to live with. The daily grind of checking blood glucose levels, carb-counting, insulin adjustment and dealing with hypos and highs can take its toll. It’s relentless and there’s ...

In this month's article: A step forward in making insulin 'smarter' World-first stem cell transplant helps person with type 1 diabetes produce insulin ...

New research has revealed that using artificial intelligence (AI) to analyse photos taken during routine diabetes eye screenings can predict whether people with type 2 diabetes are likely to develop ...

Rising numbers of children living with obesity . Data from NHS Digital released earlier this year has revealed that childhood obesity rates have seen the largest rise since records began in 2006..