Diabetes UK is calling on healthcare professionals to help raise awareness of the Diabetes UK Careline. Having already received almost 20,000 enquiries this year, the Careline is now looking to give support and information to even more people with diabetes, their friends, family and carers.

Promoting best practice in diabetes injection technique
The Forum for Injection Technique (FIT) is dedicated to establishing and promoting best practice in injection technique for all involved in diabetes, and aims to raise awareness of emerging and existing research and the impact this may have on health outcomes.

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Adrian Brady, Consultant Cardiologist at Glasgow Royal Infirmary commented @Statins have made an enormous difference to the management of cholesterol and reduction in CVD risk. "

A new study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute shows that coffee consumption is not associated with development of cancer of the colon

According to new research conducted by Cancer UK & the National Cancer Intelligence Network, men are twice as likely to develop kidney cancer than women, despite the fact that there doesn’t appear to be any biological reasons for this.

A recent Diabetes UK-funded study found that using a pedometer as part of a structured education programme could reduce the chances of Type 2 diabetes by more than 50 per cent in those at risk of developing the condition.

Earlier this year the Department of Health commissioned the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) to undertake a survey of the number of children under-18 with diabetes in England. The RCPCH established for the first time that at least 23,000 children and young people in England have diabetes and confirmed that most of these cases are Type 1 diabetes. Professor Terence Stephenson, President, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health reports..

Researchers have begun a major study into inflammatory bowel disease in children in Scotland who have one of the highest rates in the world of the condition

Diabetes is one of the biggest health challenges facing the UK today. There are 2.5 million people in the UK with diabetes and up to a further 500,000 who have the condition but don’t know it. Corinne McCrum, Project Manager for User Involvement in Local Diabetes Care at Diabetes UK reports.