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12/06/2016

Use of a biohormonal, bionic pancreas in the home setting can safely and effectively lower mean blood glucose levels and hypoglycemia (low blood glucose), compared to the use of an insulin pump, in adults with type 1 diabetes performing normal daily activities, according to a study presented at the…

23/05/2016

Find more healthy and delicious diabetes-friendly recipes like Slow-Roasted Citrus Cod on Diabetes Forecast®, the Healthy Living Magazine.

23/05/2016

Diabetes Forecast® is the Healthy Living Magazine created for you by the American Diabetes Association®.

06/05/2016

Sugar has been a regular feature of news in 2015, with mounting campaigns developing to discourage excessive sugar consumption among the general public. So far the year has witnessed Action on Sugar calling for a ban on energy drinks for under-16s and financial links emerging between the sugar indus...

06/05/2016

Welsh researchers have created a portable monitor for people with diabetes which uses microwaves to measure blood glucose levels. The new monitor (pictured), created by Cardiff University's School of Engineering, can be stuck onto the arm or the side of the body using an adhesive.

06/05/2016

My son is type 1 and obviously he likes sweets etc like most children. Although I'd like to steer away from sugary sweets and maybe just have them as treats at parties etc. Does anybody know where you can get a range of low carb/low or no sugar...

06/05/2016

Time and again Metformin with Insulin together had proven more beneficial and provides more risk reduction when compared to Insulin alone.

Combining insulin and metformin as a treatment for type 2 diabetes reduces heart attack and death rates compared with use of insulin alone, according to new research. Just over 12,000 people took part in the study, which was led by a team at Cardiff University's School of Medicine.

27/04/2016

Researchers at the American Diabetes Association have released the preliminary results of an 18-week study assessing the safety of canagliflozin, a sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor (SGLT2), in combination with insulin to treat adults with type 1 diabetes. The main focus of the study was to e…

27/04/2016

Scientists at the Salk Institute have found a way to restore normal function to the liver and other tissues in people with diabetes. In this new study, the researchers studied how our cellular fuel gauge, AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), dictates the differentiation of cells in embryo.