The Latest Breaking News from diabetes

The once-weekly jab would be offered to diabetic patients alongside diet and exercise,

Body mass index has long been used by doctors as the standard method for measuring health – and often still is. But earlier this month, the American Medical Association (AMA) adopted a new policy that cautions medical professionals from using the body mass index (BMI) as a stand-alone clinical tool…

Currently, more than half a billion people have diabetes and almost all have type 2, which is linked to obesity

The One Million Step Challenge, sponsored by Fitbit, runs between July 1 and September 30 and tasks participants with completing a massive one million steps over three months – around 10,000 a day.

Unhealthy lifestyles and habits are fuelling a global health crisis related to Type 2 Diabetes with predictions for 2050 showing the number of those living with the condition is set to double

Diabetes is a condition that causes a person's blood sugar level to become too high, which can lead to long-term complication, eyesight loss and even be life threatening

According to the HSE, in Ireland there are 190,000 people (5.6 percent of the Irish population) with diabetes

People with diabetes in Scotland may be eligible for Adult Disability Payment.

There are already more than five million people suffering from diabetes in the UK alone