Update 2006
Winter 2006

Contents
Articles available to download:
Not just a guinea pig
How people with diabetes are becoming active partners in the research process
The art of science
The 10 commandments for picking a good research project
Other articles:
News:
- NHS cuts threaten diabetes services
- Diabetes review reveals few improvements
- Alarm over DH’s statement on CVD targets
- Diabetes doubles risk of depression in men
- Poverty more than doubles diabetes risk
- Cautious welcome for DREAM data
- Disappointment at junk-food ban
- New diabetes lead fro Scotland
- Diabetes ‘more harmful than obesity’
Comment:
- Getting the right information and support
Features:
Managing CVD risk: putting the Joint British Societies Guidelines into practice
Clinical Practice:
- Structured education for people with Type 1 diabetes
Mind your language:
Fact sheet:
Pump action
Your questions answered about insulin pump therapy
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