Update 2007
Spring 2007
Content
Articles available to download:
The forgotten minority
Despite abnormally high rates of diabetes, Gypsy Travellers struggle to access the health services they need.
The learning curve
Update looks at the complex forces at play in healthcare professional education – the first in a four-part series.
Fact sheet
How managing fat intake can improve diabetes control.
Articles not available online:
News
- Specialist survey raises alarm over diabetes services
- Charities join forces for better long-term care
- Getting up to date with sweeteners
- MPs and Peers kept on their toes
- Diabetes UK wins FSA healthy eating grant
- Blindness risk higher in South Asian community
- Scotland targets May elections with diabetes manifesto.
Comment
Clinical practice
- Delivering JBS 2.
Part two of our guide to delivering up-to-the-minute CVD prevention.
- In-patient care
A pathway for taking care of diabetes during hospital stays.
Research Focus
- Trends, grants and deadlines for diabetes researchers
Health talk
- By the pricking of my thumb
Reaping the rewards of self testing
Diabetes Update is Diabetes UK's quarterly publication for professionals working in diabetes healthcare and research. Combining news, features, fact sheets and treatment overviews, the publication is an accessible source of authoritative, up-to-date infomation about diabetes care and research.
Diabetes Update is free to healthcare professional members of Diabetes UK. Visually impaired members can receive the magazine in large print format. Simply email update@diabetes.org.uk.