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The Latest Breaking News from Diabetes UK

Scientists hail ‘smart’ insulin that responds to changing blood sugar levels in real time

Exclusive: People with type 1 diabetes may in future only need to give themselves insulin once a week, say experts

The Guardian - UK

‘It looked like corned beef’: life inside a Welsh amputation ward – as diabetes gets worse

Patients are coping with unbearable pain and clinics fill up faster than they can be staffed. What can be done about a health crisis worsening at breathtaking speed?

The Guardian - UK

The pedalling panacea: is cycling the best medicine?

As more and more GPs prescribe cycling to improve the nation’s health, Rob Kemp investigates whether gettingon your bike really is the best medicine available

Cycling Weekly

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Can you really reverse type 2 diabetes? Here’s what experts say

Ahead of Diabetes Week (June 10-16), Abi Jackson finds out what type 2 remission really means

The Independent UK

Diabetes spike in under 40s fuelled by unhealthy diet and obesity, study finds

Type 2 diabetes, typically associated with older people, has risen by 40 per cent in those aged under 40, Diabetes UK says

Evening Standard

Sharp rise in type 2 diabetes among people under 40 in UK

Diagnoses up 39% in six years, with condition fuelled by obesity, health inequalities and junk food, study finds

The Guardian - UK

Third of Londoners living with type 2 diabetes are undiagnosed, figures show

Millions more are at risk of developing the condition

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Cold case: police stop London Marathon runner training with fridge on back

Daniel Fairbrother is attempting to break world record for fastest marathon while carrying white goods

The Guardian - UK

100 years since the first diabetes patient treated with insulin in England

A century ago a diabetes diagnosis was essentially a ‘death sentence’, experts say.

The Independent UK

Government inaction on obesity is harming our health

Letter: It’s easy to blame individuals, but real change can only happen if industry and the government take responsibility, says Colette Marshall of Diabetes UK. Plus a letter from Michael Fuller

The Guardian - UK

Insulin less temperature-sensitive than previously thought, study suggests

The findings could affect millions of people living in low and middle-income countries, particularly those in rural areas.

The Independent UK

Regularly adding salt to food linked to increased type 2 diabetes risk – study

Data showed adults with the highest salt consumption had a 39% increased risk of developing the condition compared with those who rarely used it.

The Independent UK

Extending diabetic eye screening to two years could risk sight loss, study finds

Researchers said ‘the incentive of biennial screening is to release capacity in the NHS’ and ‘lessen the inconvenience’ for diabetics at low risk.

The Independent UK

Diabetes screening trial for children opens in Northern Ireland

The programme is aimed to identify those at high risk of developing type 1 diabetes in the future.

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Weight loss jab ‘significantly’ improves blood sugar in diabetics, study finds

Researchers said semaglutide’s effectiveness in treating type 2 diabetes has been shown in some trials, but long-term data is ‘lacking’.

The Independent UK

‘Zoo poo’ could save NHS £1bn a year

Naturally occurring viruses found in the faecal matter of some animals could be included in dressings used to treat diabetic foot ulcers.

The Independent UK

Another weight loss jab approved for NHS use

The once-weekly jab was hailed as a ‘much-needed addition to other available treatments’

The Independent UK

Weight loss jab recommended to treat type 2 diabetes

The once-weekly jab was hailed as a ‘much-needed addition to other available treatments’

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The Guardian - UK

Depression can play direct role in developing type 2 diabetes, says study

Findings prompt calls for people with depression to be assessed so they can avoid developing type 2 diabetes

The Independent UK

Depression is a direct cause of type 2 diabetes, research suggests

The study found that only 36.5% of the effect of depression on type 2 diabetes could be explained by obesity.

The Independent UK

Raised blood sugar levels ‘linked to increased risk of cardiovascular disease’

According to the study, when it comes to blood sugar levels within the normal range, it is a case of the lower the better in protecting against CVDs.

Manchester Evening News

British children are much shorter than other rich nations - why that's a sign of far more serious problems for Greater Manchester kids

Children in Britain are much shorter than those in other wealthy nations, with a poor national diet being blamed. Helena Vesty reports on why diminishing height is just one small sign of a far more insidious problem hitting Greater Manchester youngsters, especially

Daily Record

Lanarkshire locals urged to step up to raise cash for diabetes charity

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.

Daily Record

Warning as experts predict a billion people will get serious illness by 2050

Experts have predicted that over a billion people will be living with lifelong disease diabetes by 2050, as cases are set to "grow aggressively" in every country.

Wales Online

1.3billion will have devastating disease by 2050 as cases more than double

Currently there are 5million sufferers in the UK

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