A Fareham teenager will be co-chairing a Parliament event in a bid to gain more government support towards finding a cure for Type 1 diabetes.
Amy Wilton, aged 17, of Frosthole Crescent, has been selected by Type 1 diabetes charity JDRF to head the event after years of raising awareness over the condition.
Diabetic iPhone and iPod touch users are set to benefit from a clip on device that works as a hi-tech glucose monitor.
The iBG Star, which costs £48 and is being rolled out across Boots stores from today, will allow users to check their blood sugar levels at any time using their phone or MP3 player.
At just one inch long, the product plugs into the devices and even comes with a diabetes manager app that flashes the results on screen and produces trends and variations.
A 17-year-old from Hampshire has become the first teenager in the world to be fitted with an implant to help control Type 2 diabetes.
Victoria Parr, a beauty therapy student from Brockenhurst College, has been fitted with the EndoBarrier implant- a device that is placed in the upper intestine.
It stays in the body for up to 12 months and acts as a barrier to prevent food being absorbed, allowing less time for digestion and improving the resistance to insulin.
The chief executive of a diabetes charity has blamed the ‘scandal of early deaths and preventable complications’ in people with diabetes on the Government.
Barbara Young, the Chief Executive of Diabetes UK, has spoken out on how the Government’s ‘failure to match its words on diabetes healthcare’ were the cause of the early deaths and preventable complications.
Researchers at a university are investigating how health literacy affects diabetes management in a Staffordshire city.
A research team at the Centre for Psychological Research at Keele University are aiming to produce a report for Stoke-on-Trent City Council to offer them a better idea on how to support people with diabetes in the Stoke-on-Trent area.
Two Wolverhampton mothers are hoping to offer help for local people affected by diabetes by setting up their own support group.
Zoe Sherwood, from New Invention, and Lorraine Blower, from Wednesfield, have kick started the Wolverhampton T1 Network after feeling that there was a lack of support in their community.
For Zoe, setting up the group has its personal reasons, as her son Lewis, aged 7, pictured, was diagnosed with the condition in December 2008.
The HRH Duchess of Cornwall labelled children who live with Type 1 diabetes as ‘extremely brave’ after visiting a hospital facility that researches the condition.
The duchess was touched by the children’s stories following a flying visit to the Cambridge Wellcome Trust clinical research facility to learn about the work of JDRF yesterday.
The rebranding of the UK’s leading diabetes charity has resulted in a mixed reaction from supporters.
‘Care. Connect. Campaign’ are three key words which highlight the new brand of the Diabetes UK charity.
One of the country’s biggest diabetes charities has launched a new scheme to support people living with diabetes.
Diabetes UK Peer Support network launches today at 12pm and aims to connect people living with diabetes.
Today heralds a day that many diabetics can mark in their calendars.
Ninety years ago, 14-year-old Leonard Thompson- who lay dying in Toronto General Hospital, Canada- was given the first injection of insulin.
