The Latest Breaking News from diabetes

Tamil Nadu's Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam (MTM) is a path-breaking project providing surveillance and intervention for health needs of its people. It has improved accessibility, early detection of diabetes/hypertension, and reduced out-of-pocket expenditure. Challenges remain, such as human resources, data accuracy, drug delivery, and evaluating outcomes. WHVs, VHNs, and digital tools…

Government alert warns shortages have ‘serious clinical implications’ for diabetes patients

Amid a national shortage of liraglutide and semaglutide, we want to speak to people who rely on these medicines

There are no drugs to treat long COVID – a condition that affects around 2 million people in the UK alone – so you can imagine the excitement when a cheap diabetes drug called metformin was shown to decrease the risk of getting the disease.

Former Disney star opened up about her family’s history of diabetes

Dougal Glaisher, 23, paddled 2,000 miles in 40 days, beating previous record by 27 days

Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal has stressed the need for prioritising diabetes research in view of the significant burden of diabetes on society, both in terms of health-care costs and the well-being of individuals

A global shortage means some people with diabetes are struggling to access the drug semaglutide, which is sold under the brand name Ozempic.

It will also look at one used to for type 2 diabetes