Spring 2013

Online content

To get a taste of what Diabetes Update has to offer, you can sample three key features from the latest issue.

Medicine Digest (PDF, 305KB)
Detecting the 'at risk' foot. Two new tools for peripheral neuropathy screening.

Read the original referenced version published in Diabetic Medicine

Fact file (PDF, 280KB)
High-quality care for children and young people with Type 1 diabetes.

Tissue viability in multi-disciplinary footcare (PDF, 305KB)
Three leading experts argue that the tissue viability specialist plays a vital role in daibetes footcare.

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News

• Children and young people - Type 1 essentials
• Shorter, thinner needles study
• Stepback for pilots with diabetes
• Impact on families - DAWN2
• Quality in Care Diabetes 2013

Research focus

• Type 1 diabetes 'cured' in dogs?
• Potential new diabetes drug
• New Diabetes research grants

Features

• Scientists mind the gap
• Taking action on OSA

Regulars

• Talking clinic - diabetes in older people
• Young diabetologists' forum - new models of diabetes care
• At your service - Diabetes UK's Improving Local Services Together project is underway
• Care delivery - introducing PITstop. Education for supporting patients with complex needs
• Book Reviews - a clinician's desktop reference and a guide to psychology and diabetes care

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