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2005

May/June 2005

Contents - Issue 205

Articles online

• It’s a family affair
  Phillip Schofield on life with the spectre of diabetes
• Saddle up, pardner
  There’s been a shift in the balance of power in the healthcare stakes – this is your chance to take the reins
• Roller coaster recovery
  One reader’s extraordinary story
• Reduce your family’s risk of developing Type 2 diabetes

Regulars

• Early days with Zoe
• Opinion – your letters, soapbox and the chair
• News
• Behind the headlines
• Closing thoughts from Michael Barry 

Features

• Getting by with a little help from our friends
  This is the Year of the Volunteer. Lovin' their selflessness
• The Balance guide to insulin pens
  The 2005 guide is here, ready to pull out and keep

Good life

• Teeth
  Keep your gnashers gnashing nicely
• Country guide
  Don't have a crisis in China
• Recipes
  Doin' for the kids – how to have happy, healthy meals

Your health

• Health notes
  Osteoporosis, holiday tips, butter vs margarine and kidney health
• Treatment
  HRT
• Dear Richard

Balance is a lively and entertaining full-colour lifestyle magazine, giving you all the latest news and research on diabetes. There are celebrity interviews, recipes, competitions, and regular free supplements on hot topics.

Balance – published every two months – is free of charge to members of Diabetes UK. It is also available from newsagents priced £3.50.

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