Update 2006
Autumn 2006
Contents
Articles available to download:
Exploring new care roles for IT
How IT can improve the care of young people with diabetes
Fact sheet
Hypertension and diabetes
Update reviews the latest guidance on identifying and treating hypertension in people with diabetes
Other articles:
News:
- Measure Up campaign hits the road
- ABCD Surveys to get the measure of specialist diabetes care
- Sight problems linked to obesity
- Record bids for research initiative
- NICE moves as inhaled insulin gets UK launch
- New study links infections with Type 1 diabetes
- Neglecting medicine risks health
- Obesity to exceed 13 million by 2010
- IDF calls for UN to tackle global diabetes threat
- Umbilical cord blood storage and diabetes
Comment:
- The way ahead for Diabetes UK - Douglas Smallwood sets out Diabetes UK’s plans for the next three years
Features:
- Trouble in mind
Diabetes and severe mental illness – a difficult relationship
Clinical Practice:
- Seen and heard - Consulting children and young people about the diabetes care they receive
Research Focus:
- Trends, grants and deadlines for diabetes researchers
Health talk:
- Weighing in - Can we talk about your weight?
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.