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2023
01
March
2023
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00:01
Europe/London
An NHS behaviour-change programme has been linked to a significant reduction in the risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in adults with raised blood sugars.
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2022
30
March
2022
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00:47
Europe/London
New research presented today at the Diabetes UK Professional Conference 2022 has revealed the life-changing benefits of Flash blood glucose (sugar) monitoring for people with type 1 diabetes.
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28
March
2022
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01:00
Europe/London
Thousands of people have been spared Type 2 diabetes thanks to the world leading NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (NHS DPP), new research shows today.
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24
March
2022
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15:36
Europe/London
Three commonly prescribed statins are best placed to lower all the ‘bad’ types of cholesterol and prevent cardiovascular disease in people with diabetes, according to a statistical combination of the results of 42 clinical trials....
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09
February
2022
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15:41
Europe/London
New research has linked two types of less-often prescribed diabetes drugs with lower chances of potentially fatal heart problems - including heart attack, heart failure and stroke – in people with type 2 diabetes without established heart disease....
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2021
13
October
2021
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00:00
Europe/London
Manchester-based researchers estimate that between March and December 2020, 7.4 million fewer NICE recommended health care checks took place in UK general practices in people with type 2 diabetes, when compared to 10-year historical trends.
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17
May
2021
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23:30
Europe/London
Researchers investigating the impact of COVID-19 on the NHS in the UK reviewed the health records of 14 million people between March and December 2020 and found that the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes was missed or delayed for 13,700 people. When the f...
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18
January
2021
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10:00
Europe/London
For the first time, scientists have come up with a precise atomic level explanation for why glulisine- a commonly used medication to treat diabetes- is faster acting than insulin.
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2020
23
November
2020
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13:23
Europe/London
Well managed adults with type 2 diabetes have a 21% higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) compared to the general population, according to new research.
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09
November
2020
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13:30
Europe/London
New diagnoses for type 2 diabetes within a UK cohort of 13 million people were 70% down in the month of April 2020, compared to expected rates based on 10-year trends in 23 million people, according to new research.
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07
September
2020
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00:39
Europe/London
The number of people with pre-diabetes who go on to develop Type 2 Diabetes has been reducing over the past 2 decades, according to a study led by University of Manchester epidemiologists.
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02
July
2020
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09:00
Europe/London
A University of Manchester study of tens of thousands of patients in England with type 2 diabetes has shown that 77% of them have at least one other physical or mental health condition.
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09
June
2020
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15:58
Europe/London
The higher mortality associated with poorly controlled type 1 and type 2 diabetes could produce a loss of 6 million life years in the UK, according to a study by Manchester data scientists.
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26
May
2020
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13:25
Europe/London
Weight, blood pressure and blood fat elevations are greater in young people who develop type 2 diabetes according to scientists at the Universities of Glasgow and Manchester.
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03
February
2020
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10:02
Europe/London
A Professor of Infectious Diseases at The University of Manchester has taken part in an event in Cardif to honour his grandmother who was one of the first children in the world to be treated with Insulin. Elizabeth’s grandfather (David Charles Hughes...
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2019
15
April
2019
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00:01
Europe/London
A Diabetes UK-funded study led by University of Manchester researchers has found that women developing Type 2 diabetes no longer experience a greater increase in their risk of cardiovascular disease than men who develop the condition.
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29
March
2019
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16:08
Europe/London
Babies born with congenital hyperinsulinism (CHI) are at risk of suffering from permanent brain damage and life-long disability.
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2018
26
July
2018
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08:00
Europe/London
University of Manchester and Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust scientists have developed a lamp which could treat chronic ulcers with light.
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22
February
2018
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13:00
Europe/London
A new method of measuring blood glucose levels in people with diabetes is a significant advance in the management of the disease, according to an independent assessment by University of Manchester, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and Derby...
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2016
18
November
2016
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11:02
Europe/London
Men with type 2 diabetes taking treatments for erectile dysfunction could be reducing their risk of a heart attack and improving their chances of surviving a heart attack, according to a study funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and the Nati...
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07
September
2016
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09:00
Europe/London
A group of scientists have found that a single molecule from a bacterial cell wall component can lead to the unusual behaviour of 100 million clotting molecules in blood, which may be a major contributor to many diseases including Alzheimer's, Parkin...
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04
May
2016
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09:53
Europe/London
Glucocorticoid (or steroid) therapy, prescribed to around half of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, is a known risk factor for developing diabetes. A study from The University of Manchester has found how the risk of diabetes increases in relation t...
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08
April
2016
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10:15
Europe/London
As the World Health Organization warns of an ‘unrelenting march of diabetes’ with 422 million cases in 2014, an experts from The University of Manchester have reacted to the problem and suggest some ways to address the obesity epidemic that fuels it....
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2015
09
December
2015
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11:09
Europe/London
Some 61 million rural children left behind by parents moving to China’s booming urban centres are at risk from increased fat and reduced protein in their diets
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30
November
2015
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00:00
Europe/London
New research from The University of Manchester and the Babraham Institute has revealed how gaps between genes interact to influence the risk of acquiring diseases such as arthritis and type 1 diabetes.
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04
September
2015
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16:41
Europe/London
Heart disease, diabetes and self-care for patients and their families was the topic of a lecture given today (4 September) by a distinguished US professor of nursing.
Professor Sandra Dunbar of Emory University, Atlanta was in Manchester to delive...
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27
May
2015
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10:47
Europe/London
Researchers from The University of Manchester in collaboration with Keele and Southampton Universities have published new findings which shed light on the poor outcomes of South Asian people with diabetes in the UK.
Analysis of interviews with Sou...
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14
May
2015
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10:39
Europe/London
The Manchester researchers have identified new and crucial moleculesThe next step will be to look at how the mechanism works in humans during disease, for which they plan to target inflammatory bowel disease...
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2014
05
December
2014
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10:56
Europe/London
Treating type 2 diabetes costs the NHS £8.8bn each year and despite being largely preventable its prevalence continues to increase. In Salford, one in ten men over the age of 60 has diabetes. A major driver for the development of diabetes is obesity,...
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25
November
2014
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10:00
Europe/London
Interventions such as the smoking ban help to break habits instead of relying on individuals to make the right decision for their health
More public health interventions, along the lines of the smoking ban, are needed to tackle Britain's devastati...
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