Health Awareness
Diabetes
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Educate today to protect tomorrow
One in nine adults will be living with diabetes by 2030. Healthcare professionals and people affected must be equipped with the knowledge to understand and manage the condition. Diabetes represents a significant challenge to global health and development. It is responsible for almost seven million deaths per year, according to latest figures from the International...
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Greater awareness is needed of diabetes mental health impact
Type 1 diabetes is a life-long health condition, requiring continual self-management. The result of which can have a significant impact on peoples physical and mental wellbeing. Type 1 diabetes occurs when the pancreas can no longer produce the hormone insulin. People living with type 1 diabetes require life-long treatment with insulin either in the form...
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It’s no joke – getting the facts straight on type 1 diabetes
The myths and misconceptions that underlie jokes around diabetes have a real impact on those living type 1. I won’t name names, but two statements were broadcast on national prime time TV: “That’s diabetes on a plate” and “I think I’ve just developed diabetes.” As a type 1 diabetes charity, our supporters have told us...
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Why we’re at a ‘tipping point’ moment for diabetes care
Every diagnosis of diabetes is life changing. The relentlessness of the condition, and the ever-present fear of serious and life-altering complications is a lifelong reality for millions of families across the UK. Diagnoses of diabetes have doubled in the last 15 years – and currently almost 4.1 million people in the UK are diagnosed with some...
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Widening access to better tech for those living with type 2 diabetes
Flash glucose monitoring should be accessible to more people with insulin-treated type 2 diabetes to make management of their condition easier — and save hospital admissions. Effective diabetes technology has the power to revolutionise lives. Take flash glucose monitoring, which has been an enormous advancement for many people living with type 1 diabetes. Instead of...
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How Khalid Keshta’s career change made him a winner
Khalid discusses his journey with type 1 diabetes and, with the help of diabetes technology, refuses to let it stop him pursuing his athletic career. Khalid Keshta was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2011, on the day of his 18th birthday. He remembers it all very clearly, “I started to lose a lot of weight, yet...
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Encouraging better diabetes management through wearable technology
Blood glucose logging could help to create a holistic view of the impact diabetes can have on daily life. The latest insights from Diabetes UK show that over 4.9 million people are currently living with diabetes in the UK with rates almost doubling in the last 15 years.1 At the current prevalence rates, the NHS...
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One in 10 people live with diabetes
The rates of diabetes globally are at an unprecedented level. Urgent action is needed to control diabetes and provide access to care. The findings from the IDF Diabetes Atlas 10th edition highlight the alarming growth in the prevalence of diabetes around the world. More than 537 million adults (one in 10) are now living with diabetes worldwide —...
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Q&A: Don’t let diabetes stop you from achieving your goals
Jordan Thompson, ambassador for Diabetes UK and professional cricketer, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2013. He wants to share his experiences with the aim of encouraging others to seek help. What impact has your diagnosis had on your life? I would say that being diagnosed has had a positive effect on me. At...
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Why life-changing tech should be accessible to people living with type 2 diabetes
Flash glucose monitoring is life-changing technology for people with diabetes. That’s why it should be available free to anyone who needs it, says Ken who is living with type 2 diabetes. Ken Tait was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 1999 and, since then, routine finger prick testing has become an established part of his...
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How immunotherapies could be the next breakthrough for type 1 diabetes
This year marks the centenary of the discovery of insulin, a breakthrough moment when type 1 diabetes was turned from a death sentence into a condition that can be managed. The discovery has saved millions of lives across the world but, as anyone living with type 1 will tell you, managing type 1 with insulin...
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Community action – a winning formula to defeat T2D?
Our communities shape our lives, our behaviours and even our health. Can we harness that power to build environments that promote better health and diabetes outcomes for all? The risk of developing type 2 diabetes is driven by complex environmental and cultural factors – including how connected we are to our communities.1 Novo Nordisk is...
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How diabetes care has changed with the use of innovative technology
Connected devices measuring glucose, activity and insulin delivery have changed interactions between people with diabetes and health care professionals. It’s 100 years since the discovery of insulin converted type 1 diabetes from a death sentence into a condition that people can live with. However, living with type 1 diabetes can be a relentless job, having...
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Changing lives through research – investing in type 1 diabetes research
We know that investing in the research that matters to people with type 1 diabetes is key, along with ensuring that the benefits of new technologies reach the people who need it most. Ten years ago, people with type 1 diabetes told us, through the James Lind Alliance’s Priority Setting Partnership (PSP), that the development...
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The importance of diagnosing diabetes early
Diabetes diagnoses in the UK have hit an all-time high. The numbers are rising sharply and Diabetes UK’s latest figures, released in May, show that 4.1 million people are living with a diagnosis of the condition. Around 90% of people with diabetes have type 2. Noticing the warning signs can be difficult as they are...
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How an updatable insulin pump changed my life
Andy explains why, when the time came to change his insulin pump, he chose an updatable pump and how its ground-breaking technology has changed his life. After 53 years living with type 1 diabetes, Andy Lavender says: “A tiny little box has changed my life.” Andy was diagnosed aged two. “As a child I remember...
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Very low-calorie diets can be key to type 2 diabetes remission
After just two weeks of eating very low-calorie diet (VLCD) meal replacements, Lindsey Hilsum found she had reversed her type 2 diabetes to such an extent her doctor said she could stop injecting insulin. “I’d been on insulin for 15 years and had thought my type 2 diabetes was a life sentence,” says Lindsey, aged...
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Why my tubeless insulin pump has been a game-changer
Belgian triathlete David Van der Vloet reveals how a tubeless insulin delivery system has helped improve his diabetes management — and made sporting activities easier. When he was 13, David Van der Vloet was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. “Diagnosis was a difficult time,” he says. “All of a sudden I was having to finger...
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How you can change your lifestyle to help tackle diabetes risk
Losing weight can help people with diabetes tackle their condition and improve their overall health. There is clear evidence that obesity is a direct risk factor for type 2 diabetes, and steady and sustainable weight loss can reduce the risk, or even reverse the condition. Experts advocate a plan of healthy eating combined with regular...
