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Diabetes uncovered

The basics

This section gives you the basic info on diabetes - what it is, what it does to you and how it's treated.

You'll also find the latest on research about diabetes, possible new treatments and the search for a cure.

You can learn about possible long-term complications of diabetes - and, most importantly, what you can do to help stop them developing.

 

About diabetes

What are insulin and glucose and what do they do?

Here are some answers

No more injections?

Researchers are trying to develop an insulin pill to replace daily injections.

Read about their progress