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Diabetes specialist nursing celebrated at national conference
The Diabetes Specialist Nurse (DSN) Forum UK welcomed more than 200 delegates from across the UK to its national conference where AI, homelessness and obesity were discussed. After the success of the ...
Register now for new webinar – Tackling fungal foot infections
Scholl is delighted to announce registrations are open for its upcoming webinar titled “Navigating foot conditions in your practice: Conquering fungal foot infections.” There are two opportunities to ...
Amended diabetes metrics on the Model Health System published by GIRFT
Feedback from clinical teams have triggered GIRFT to update its metrics for diabetes on the Model Health System (MHS). Since 2022, the diabetes compartment of the programme has been available, with to...
Diabetes in the emergency department covered in new CDEP topic
A short training topic on managing diabetes in the emergency department has been launched by the Cambridge Diabetes Education Programme (CDEP). The new topic is based on the Getting it Right First Tim...
EDFN autumn webinar: Diabetes footcare in dark skin tones
The latest EDFN webinar will share guidance and further insights into diabetes footcare in dark skin tones, in light of a new handbook from Diabetes Africa. Delegates will hear more on the guidance is...
CONTOUR® blood glucose monitoring portfolio praised by nurses
A blood glucose monitoring portfolio consisting of a meter and an online platform has been praised by two nurses. Sara-Louise Smith, who is a Lead Practice Nurse in Nottinghamshire, and Diabetes Speci...
New blood test could be an early warning for children with type 2 diabetes
A new type of blood test using lipids could make it easier to identify children at risk of complications around obesity including type 2 diabetes, liver disease and heart disease. A new study from Kin...
Glycaemic control among young people with type 1 diabetes improved by HCL systems
Youths living with type 1 diabetes are more likely to achieve better blood sugar management by using advanced hybrid closed-loop systems, latest research has demonstrated. During the study, a team of ...
T cell therapy shows long-term remission in type 1 diabetes
PolTREG has presented positive long-term data for its cell therapy, PTG-007, showing that the therapy induced clinical remission for type 1 diabetes for up to 12 years. The follow-up data from 54 peop...