Diabetes
Browse diabetes news and education by including articles on type 1 diabetes; type 2 diabetes; gestational diabetes; hypoglycaemia, diagnostics and complications of diabetes.
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Type 1 diabetes
Welsh campaign aims to raise awareness of type 1 diabetes in children
A campaign to raise awareness of the symptoms of type 1 diabetes in children and...
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Type 1 diabetes: clinical review
An overview of the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes, how to make the diagnosis, preventing...
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Clinical review: NICE guidance on type 1 diabetes
Professor Rayaz Malik and colleagues outline new guidance on diagnosis and management.
Type 2 diabetes
Clinical review: Type 2 diabetes
The diagnosis and management of type 2 diabetes, including criteria for diagnosing...
GPs to refer at-risk patients to personalised diabetes prevention schemes
GPs in parts of England will soon be able to refer high-risk patients onto a personalised...
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NICE diabetes guidance to be updated constantly after 'out-of-date' criticism
GPs may have to check NICE diabetes guidelines continually to ensure they are aware...
Gestational diabetes
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Gestational diabetes in early pregnancy linked to autism
Foetuses exposed to gestational diabetes in the womb during early pregnancy face...
Blood tests catch diabetes too late, warn researchers
Current methods of diagnosing type 2 diabetes should be 'urgently revised' after...
Diabetes in pregnancy - Clinical review
What are the risks and outcomes in patients with existing and gestational diabetes...
Complications of diabetes
Diabetic emergencies and complications in primary care
The presentation and management of emergencies and complications arising from diabetes,...
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Faster treatment for diabetic foot patients could slash £650m NHS costs
Speeding up target treatment times for patients with diabetic foot disease could...
More diabetes eduation articles
Atypical presentation of diabetes: case study
Dr Pipin Singh describes the case of a 45-year-old man with apparent type 2 diabetes...
Steroid-induced hyperglycaemia
The risk of steroid-induced hyperglycaemia in patients with or without diabetes,...
Gastroenteritis in children, GP cancer care and pre-eclampsia risk: journals update June 2016
The latest clinical research of interest to GPs.
Case study: Tiredness, thirst and feeling unwell
How a drug safety alert helped to identify the cause of tiredness, thirst and feeling...
Depression in adolescents, renal agents in diabetes and skin cancer in RA: journals update March 2016
A round-up of recent research of interest to GPs
Diabetes in young people: NICE guidance
What's new in the latest NICE guidelines on diabetes in children and young adults...
Journals watch: HRT, diabetes and RA
Research on HRT, diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis. By Dr Tillmann Jacobi
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Viewpoint - Which is the best test for diagnosing diabetes?
Dr Jeremy Turner looks at when to use HbA1c and when to use plasma glucose testing...
