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Showing 1 to 10 of 12 for June 2013
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31 Aug 2011
A new edition of the NHS Diabetes Knowledge and Information Repository (KIR) series has been launched – covering the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes.
31 Aug 2011
Opticians should offer blood sugar checks alongside eye tests to help spot patients with undiagnosed diabetes, experts propose.
30 Aug 2011
Chocolate could be good for the heart, according to research from Cambridge University.
26 Aug 2011
The August 2011 edition of the National End of Life Care Programme newsletter has been published.
24 Aug 2011
A new report from The NHS Information Centre published on August 24 has found that diabetes prescriptions now account for 8.4 per cent of the entire NHS net bill for primary care drugs in England.
23 Aug 2011
Why does one person die younger and another survive to old age? Lifestyle and genetic factors play a role, but argues Prof David Barker, a better predictor of future health is our birthweight and what it tells us about our development in the womb.
15 Aug 2011
The Daily Mail reports that scientists have discovered how fatty foods “trigger” type 2 diabetes. It said that the discovery may lead to a “cure” for the disease.
09 Aug 2011
Up to 30 percent of all patients develop diabetes mellitus within the first year after a kidney transplantation. This high rate could soon fall rapidly.
03 Aug 2011
Following a ministerial announcement earlier in July 2011, the DVLA intend to bring forward changes to the driving regulations affecting driving and diabetes from October this year.
