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The Latest Breaking News from Diabetes UK

What you can eat five times a week to fight diabetes, according to scientists

Diabetes UK estimates that about 4.4 million people in the UK are living with a diabetes diagnosis

The Independent UK

Eating dark chocolate five times a week could lower type 2 diabetes risk – study

Meanwhile, an increased intake of milk chocolate was associated with weight gain, researchers found

The Independent UK

Court Says Man Who Wrote His Will on Frozen Food Boxes Before Killing Himself Can Have Final Wish Granted: To Donate Entire Estate to Charity

A UK court will honor a will written across two frozen food packages, donating an entire estate to Diabetes UK.

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World Diabetes Day: what is the theme this year?

The global movement aims to raise awareness for diabetes and its impacts on people around the world

Evening Standard

Man’s will written on back of food boxes is valid, UK high court rules

Malcolm Chenery left estate to Diabetes UK charity when he died in 2021, writing will on fish and mince pie boxes

The Guardian - UK

Dragons’ Den star reveals diabetes struggle while training for Strictly

Davies said she became ‘borderline’ diabetic

The Independent UK

Simple blood test could detect cancer risk in type 2 diabetics

Type 2 diabetics face a higher risk of obesity-related cancers such as breast, kidney, uterus, ovarian and thyroid

The Independent UK

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Scientists hail ‘smart’ insulin that responds to changing blood sugar levels in real time

Exclusive: People with type 1 diabetes may in future only need to give themselves insulin once a week, say experts

The Guardian - UK

‘It looked like corned beef’: life inside a Welsh amputation ward – as diabetes gets worse

Patients are coping with unbearable pain and clinics fill up faster than they can be staffed. What can be done about a health crisis worsening at breathtaking speed?

The Guardian - UK

The pedalling panacea: is cycling the best medicine?

As more and more GPs prescribe cycling to improve the nation’s health, Rob Kemp investigates whether gettingon your bike really is the best medicine available

Cycling Weekly

Can you really reverse type 2 diabetes? Here’s what experts say

Ahead of Diabetes Week (June 10-16), Abi Jackson finds out what type 2 remission really means

The Independent UK

Diabetes spike in under 40s fuelled by unhealthy diet and obesity, study finds

Type 2 diabetes, typically associated with older people, has risen by 40 per cent in those aged under 40, Diabetes UK says

Evening Standard

Sharp rise in type 2 diabetes among people under 40 in UK

Diagnoses up 39% in six years, with condition fuelled by obesity, health inequalities and junk food, study finds

The Guardian - UK

Third of Londoners living with type 2 diabetes are undiagnosed, figures show

Millions more are at risk of developing the condition

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Cold case: police stop London Marathon runner training with fridge on back

Daniel Fairbrother is attempting to break world record for fastest marathon while carrying white goods

The Independent UK

100 years since the first diabetes patient treated with insulin in England

A century ago a diabetes diagnosis was essentially a ‘death sentence’, experts say.

The Guardian - UK

Government inaction on obesity is harming our health

Letter: It’s easy to blame individuals, but real change can only happen if industry and the government take responsibility, says Colette Marshall of Diabetes UK. Plus a letter from Michael Fuller

The Independent UK

Insulin less temperature-sensitive than previously thought, study suggests

The findings could affect millions of people living in low and middle-income countries, particularly those in rural areas.

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The Independent UK

Regularly adding salt to food linked to increased type 2 diabetes risk – study

Data showed adults with the highest salt consumption had a 39% increased risk of developing the condition compared with those who rarely used it.

The Independent UK

Extending diabetic eye screening to two years could risk sight loss, study finds

Researchers said ‘the incentive of biennial screening is to release capacity in the NHS’ and ‘lessen the inconvenience’ for diabetics at low risk.

The Independent UK

Diabetes screening trial for children opens in Northern Ireland

The programme is aimed to identify those at high risk of developing type 1 diabetes in the future.

The Independent UK

Weight loss jab ‘significantly’ improves blood sugar in diabetics, study finds

Researchers said semaglutide’s effectiveness in treating type 2 diabetes has been shown in some trials, but long-term data is ‘lacking’.

The Independent UK

‘Zoo poo’ could save NHS £1bn a year

Naturally occurring viruses found in the faecal matter of some animals could be included in dressings used to treat diabetic foot ulcers.

The Independent UK

Another weight loss jab approved for NHS use

The once-weekly jab was hailed as a ‘much-needed addition to other available treatments’

The Independent UK

Weight loss jab recommended to treat type 2 diabetes

The once-weekly jab was hailed as a ‘much-needed addition to other available treatments’

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