Mediterranean diets have been associated with reduced risk of high blood pressure and cholesterol which are risk factors for heart disease. A Mediterranean style diet can therefore provide a great ...

The only way you can find out if you or a loved one has diabetes is from blood tests that measure your blood glucose (sugar) levels. These can be arranged through your GP surgery A diagnosis of ...

Diabetes Week is a week to make some noise, raise awareness and shout about the things that matter to people with diabetes, shining a light on what it’s like to live with day in, day out. And this ...

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Whilst at an eye clinic appointment, it was detected that I had fluid build-up in my left eye. I was told I needed injections for diabetic macular oedema - a form of retinopathy which requires ...

Gestational diabetes is diabetes that can develop during pregnancy. It affects women who don't already have another type of diabetes. It means you have high blood sugar and need to take extra care of ...

A type 1 diagnosis put Chris's solo flights on hold but he's taken off again thanks to diabetes tech.

Meet our Volunteer Spotlight for October 2022, Amina Chothia Amina lives in Batley in West Yorkshire. She applied to be an Event Volunteer with us in 2018 and has supported numerous events since, h ...

Following a type 2 diabetes diagnosis, 48-year-old Tim from Somerset joined the NHS Type 2 Diabetes Path to Remission Programme. Here, he talks about how the programme helped him turn his life around.

The perfect opportunity  Lea was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was 12. From her diagnosis, she was passionate about advocating for people living with diabetes and raising awareness, ...

Michael, aged 13, has Type 1 diabetes and is from London. He is a keen artist and is pictured here at his school art gallery with a sculpture he made. His mum is Gina. Andrew Cross is 36 years old and ...

The great thing about being a trustee is that you can see you’re making a difference and you can contribute to that difference. You have to put the work in, and you don’t get paid of course, but in ..