Health Awareness
Diabetes
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Redefining diabetes: A leap closer to understanding this complex disease
Doctors have recognised for some time that dividing diabetes into type 1 and type 2 doesn’t define the patterns that we see in clinical practice.
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How to enjoy life and be healthy with diabetes
Sue Cleaver, who plays Coronation Street's Eileen Grimshaw, is supporting Diabetes Week because she understands the importance of informing people about the expert help and support available for diabetics.
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More people die of diabetes than HIV/AIDS and malaria combined
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) estimates that more than 350 million people worldwide are currently living with diabetes. Globally, diabetes causes over 4 million deaths each year. That is as many as HIV/AIDS and malaria combined.
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How sports helped Bas Van de Goor control his Type 1 diabetes
Question: Would a diabetes diagnosis ruin Bas van de Goor’s volleyball career?<br /> Answer: No — fitness helped him control his diabetes and now he’s helping others to do the same.
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You are not alone: Amelia Lily, sufferer of type 1 diabetes, doesn’t slow down
Question: Does diabetes get in the way of young people's ambitions? Answer: No, says singing star Amelia Lily; in fact, her experience of dealing with Type 1 diabetes helped her during the X Factor.
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Simple feet checks can prevent amputation
Question: Why is it so important that people with diabetes check their feet every day?<br /> Answer: Because even a simple blister can eventually result in an amputation.
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How two brothers deal with diabetes, sports and insulin injections
Question: What’s life like for a family living with diabetes?<br /> Answer: Twins Ben and Marcus Ordever, aged 12, know all too well, but with help from parents Helen and Philip, they live a normal life
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Healthy eating: the right start in the fight against diabetes
Diabetes presents a major public health problem. A threat to countries the world over, it affects almost 400 million people worldwide, and in 2014 it will result in nearly 5 million deaths and cost US$612 billion in global healthcare budget.
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Start the day well with a healthy breakfast
Charles Mattocks is a celebrity chef and diabetes advocate. Since his diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes he has become determined to tackle the condition and here he shares one of his breakfast recipes from his budget-friendly diabetes cookbook.
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The link between obesity and diabetes
Question: Is enough being done to stress the link between obesity and Type 2 diabetes?<br /> Answer: No. The public needs to be made more aware of the dangers of obesity — and more services are needed to help patients with weight issues.
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Blue Circle Champions inspire others to take control of their diabetes
We talk to four of the IDF’s Blue Circle Champions about how they manage and how they hope to inspire others living with diabetes.
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‘Diabetes doesn’t hold me back’
British Touring Car Championship driver Paul O’Neill, 33, talks to us about how he achieved his dreams despite his diabetes.
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Tips for the newly diagnosed
if you have been diagnosed with diabetes recently, it helps to have a plan of action to help you manage and get on top of your diabetes, says online information forum diabetes.co.uk.<br />
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Champion of the Congo: Working to ensure a better future
Sister Marguerite De Clerck has worked as a diabetes expert in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for over 50 years. She gives us an incredible insight into the lives of people with diabetes in this country.<br />
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Type 2 diabetes: a potential public health disaster
There are 3 million people in the UK diagnosed with diabetes. About 90 per cent of these have Type 2 diabetes and a further estimated 850,000 people have Type 2 diabetes but don’t know it because they haven’t been diagnosed.
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HbA1c tests: preventing complications and helping cut ‘hidden’ diabetes
The HbA1c test can help reduce the chances of diabetes complications. But it can do far more than that. So what is it and how can it help?
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Moving closer to major medical breakthrough in diabetes
Type 1 diabetes occurs when the body’s immune system attacks the cells of the pancreas that make insulin.
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Stamp of approval campaign aims to change unhealthy UK sugar habit
A new food labelling campaign aims to help consumers identify foods with added sugar and curb the nation’s unhealthy love affair with the nutritional enemy.
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“My flash glucose monitor changed my life” says rugby’s Chris Pennell
Worcester Warriors rugby player Chris Pennell remembers how he used to check his glucose levels with a finger prick test — and says how much easier life is with a flash monitor.
