diabetes
World Diabetes Day takes place every year on 14 November to raise awareness of the condition, which has physical, psychological and behavioural implications for individuals. Read our resources covering assessment, management and care of patients with diabetes.
Eating during the night raises risk of heart disease, diabetes
Eating during the night raises the risk of heart disease and diabetes as it disrupts the...
14 Jan 2018
Weight management programme helps remission of type 2 diabetes
A low-calorie weight management programme could help to put type 2 diabetes into remission,...
08 Jan 2018
How to administer an insulin injection
Rationale and key points Effective insulin injection technique is essential to ensure...
13 Dec 2017
Empowering nurses to educate people with diabetes in correct insulin injection technique
As diabetes becomes a global concern, an international congress of 183 diabetes experts from...
29 Nov 2017
Nurse uses role as mayor to raise diabetes awareness
A senior nurse is using her dual role as mayor of a London borough to raise awareness of...
15 Nov 2017
International: Building diabetes care around the patient
A 'one stop' programme providing personalised care could help Mexico turn the tide of its...
31 Oct 2017
Statin use linked to greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes
Statin use could be associated with a higher risk of type 2 diabetes, though this should be...
26 Oct 2017
Injecting growth factor into diabetic foot ulcers may kick-start healing
Latest research from the nursing and medical journals.
12 Oct 2017
A novice researcher’s reflection on recruiting participants for qualitative research
Background This paper is a reflection by a PhD candidate on her qualitative study involving...
19 Sep 2017
Care of older people with diabetes
The global population is ageing, and increasingly developing long-term conditions and...
13 Sep 2017
My job: paediatric diabetes specialist nurse
Thirty-four years working as a nurse can have its challengers, but for diabetes specialist...
31 Aug 2017
Overview of diabetes
A CPD article improved Rosalind Ponomarenko-Jones’s knowledge of the pathophysiology,...
08 Aug 2017
Early menopause linked to increased risk of type 2 diabetes
Women with early or normal onset menopause are at a higher risk of developing type 2...
25 Jul 2017
Understanding the link between obesity and diabetes
The incidence of type 2 diabetes is rising alongside increasing rates of obesity, in part...
28 Jun 2017
Extra insulin after meal may curb cardiovascular disease in type 1 diabetes
People with type 1 diabetes may be protected from cardiovascular disease by an additional...
12 Jun 2017
Year-long weight loss classes could prevent more illnesses
Year-long courses of weight loss classes could help prevent hundreds of cases of disease,...
18 May 2017
‘Diabetes specialist nurse saved my life’
When Lindsay McKillop developed complications from diabetes, she nearly died. But she says...
02 May 2017
Overweight people with diabetes risk cognitive problems
Obese and overweight people with type 2 diabetes are at greater risk of abnormal brain...
26 Apr 2017