Breathing space
Diagnosing and managing the causes of breathlessness is a vital part of helping people to lead longer and healthier lives. This month, in parallel with...
Diabetes
Addressing the growing diabetes epidemic, we delve into diverse topics such as the role of avocados in diabetes management, genetic insights into type 1 diabetes, and the link between obesity and mental disorders. It highlights innovative treatments, like those derived from frogs for type 2 diabetes, and explores the impact of conditions like arterial stiffness on metabolic syndrome in adolescents. The section also discusses ‘activity snacking’ for type 1 diabetes management and broader health policy issues, reflecting the complex nature of diabetes as a global health challenge.
Anyone for strawberries?
As well as being sweet and juicy, the world’s most popular berry is said to do wonders for your health. Traditionally, strawberries, which contain more Vitamin...
How can mobile technology contribute to the improvement of health in Africa?
At the start of my internship, a 16-year-old girl was brought into the emergency room; she was in a coma. She had been sick for...
Open access for asthmatics
Asthma patients from surgeries who have good access to primary care, such as in their GP surgery, are less likely to be admitted to hospital...
Save the NHS
A Father’s Day curry at home in muggy Derbyshire afforded me yet again the opportunity to attempt to field answers to a medic’s least favourite...
Tresiba® demonstrated significantly lower rates of overall, nocturnal and severe hypoglycaemia vs insulin glargine U-100
New Orleans, US, 11 June 2016 – New findings from the two phase 3b SWITCH trials showed that treatment with long-acting basal insulin Tresiba® (insulin...
Diabetes: myth vs reality
Myth: People with diabetes understand what to do when they are unwell Fact: Actually it’s best to give people with diabetes some simple sick day...
Diabetes – the silent disease
The vast majority, probably over ninety per cent of cases of Type 2 diabetes are picked up in the GP surgery. You may go to...
Type 1 diabetes care: Fearsome Four
If you took a step back and looked at the quality of care provided for folks with Type 1 diabetes, it’s perhaps quite easy to...
Sugar tax is a cheap gimmick
The obesity crisis has now become so severe that it is causing misery, ill health and using up huge amounts of NHS resources. I expect...
