Latest issue
July - August 2012
Online content
To get a taste of what Balance has to offer, you can sample three features from the latest issue.
Lost & Found
Jane Lawrence describes what she found when uncovering her father-in-law's fascinating life story.
Type 2 & you
Tried and tested tips for getting to grips with self-management - guaranteed to make you feel healthier and happier
In the footsteps of the Incas
Why the Inca Trail is worth the hype - and the odd hypo
Other content, not available online
Regulars
- This is Diabetes UK
- News
- They say, we say
- Research matters - The latest research from around the world
- Your views
- Columnists
- Recipes - Go green with these seasonal British beauties
- Bite-sized – Food news and tips
- Walk - Brush away the cobwebs with these coastal walks
- Fundraising focus - Celebrating your achievements and events coming up
- Fun & games - Win a Morphy Richards Hand Blender and make the most of a hotel offer
- Different types - Arthur Smith and Mari Wilson tell it like it is
Features
- Hitting the target - Dr Richard Elliott looks at Diabetes UK's targeted research on improving self-management for teenagers with Type 1
- Rich rewards for teen trials - A group of teenagers has been testing the much-anticipated artifical pancreas. Tim Gillett and his 13-year-old son, Louis, tells us more.
- A steer in the right direction - The DVLA's driving licence application form has confused many people with diabetes recently. Bit it's getting clearer.....
Life & health
- Health notes - The hidden sugars lurking in your food; how to handle the heat; what to do when you lose your appetite; recycling your old blood glucose meter; & the free NHS checks you shouldn't miss out on
- Ask the experts - Rules and regulations at the Olympic Games; free bus passes; diagnosis confusion; & teeth whitening
- Basic care - App happy: 10 of the most useful health apps - download them today!
- Spotlight on - Bydureon - a new once-weekly treatment for Type 2 diabetes