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Guide to diabetes

• Introduction to diabetes
• What is diabetes?
• Diabetes insipidus
• Prediabetes
• Diabetes and the body - animation
• Maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY)
• Gestational diabetes
• Type 2 diabetes in children
• Diabetes symptoms
• Causes and risk factors
• Treating diabetes
• Myths
• Diabetes - A guide for Gypsies, Roma and Travellers
• 1 - Introduction
• 2 - What is diabetes?
• 3 - Eat well. Stay active
• 4 - Other health problems
• 5 - Hypos
• 6 - Travelling with diabetes
• 7 - Who to contact
• Treatment & your health
• Eating well
• Keeping active
• Why is it important to you?
• So what's stopping you?
• What counts as activity
• Activities to get you started
• Top tips for being active
• Strenuous sports
• Physical activity and altitude
• Sports drinks
• Smoking
• Smoking and diabetes
• Support to quit
• Benefits of giving up
• Managing your weight
• How do I know if I need to lose weight?
• Getting motivated
• Who can help?
• Healthy eating and lifestyle
• Calorie controlled plan
• Commercial weight loss programmes
• Setting goals
• Medication and surgery
• Treatments
• Tablets
• Insulin
• Blood Pressure
• Incretin mimetics
• Blood fats (cholesterol)
• Complementary therapies
• Structured Education
• Choosing a course
• Monitoring your health
• Blood glucose
• Blood pressure
• Blood fats (lipids)
• Feet
• Eyes
• Vaccinations
• Seasonal flu (influenza)
• Swine flu (influenza A (H1N1))
• Pneumonia (pneumoccocal)
• Travel vaccinations
• Living with diabetes
• Coping with diabetes
• Depression and diabetes
• Everyday life
• Letting people know
• Medical ID
• Illness and diabetes
• Organ and blood donation
• Work and diabetes
• Driving and diabetes
• Insurance
• Travelling with diabetes
• Disability Discrimination Act
• Claiming Benefits
• Caring for someone with diabetes
• Caring for children with diabetes
• Publications for carers of children
• Teach your tot about diabetes
• Type 1 DVD starter pack
• Sex and diabetes
• Women and sexual dysfunction
• Men and sexual dysfunction
• Getting further help
• Further information
• How it affects me
• Pregnancy and diabetes
• Before you become pregnant
• During your pregnancy
• Your stories
• Type 1 videos
• The Bendy Bus
• What care to expect
• From the NHS
• From your healthcare team
• In hospital
• InfoBank - your local care
• National Service Frameworks (NSF)
• Hot topics
• At your annual review
• Your responsibilities
• Complaints
• Diabetes in care homes
• Specific care for elderly people
• Care planning
• Infection
• Incontinence
• Feet
• Kidneys
• Eyes
• Oral health
• End of life care
• Food and nutrition
• Eating well in care homes
• Helping independent older people
• Meal planning
• Additional considerations
• Recipes for weight management
• Individualised information
• Information and education
• Activity
• Start up
• Exercises for people who are mobile
• Exercises from a chair
• Exercises for someone confined to bed
• Hypoglycaemia in elderly people
• Signs and symptoms
• Chronic hypoglycaemia
• Treatment of hypoglycaemia
• Prevention of hypoglycaemia
• Mental health
• Depression
• Memory problems
• Hospital
• Avoiding admission
• Admission to hospital
• Preparation for discharge
• Annual review
• What if I can’t get to clinic?
• Year of care
• What is the Year of Care?
• Care planning
• How does the year of care work?
• Hot topics
• Find out more
• Complications
• Short term complications
• Hypoglycaemia
• Diabetic Ketoacidosis
• Hyperosmolar Hyperglycaemic State (HHS)
• Long term complications
• Cardiovascular disease
• Retinopathy - eyes
• Nerves (Neuropathy)
• Kidneys (Nephropathy)
• Skin (Necrobiosis)
• Breasts (Mastopathy)
• Musculoskeletal Conditions
• Food and recipes
• Eating well with Type 1 diabetes
• About carbohydrate
• Ten steps to eating well
• Your questions answered
• A healthy balance
• Know your labels
• Eating well with Type 2 diabetes
• About carbohydrate
• Ten steps to eating well
• Your questions answered
• A healthy balance
• What's on your plate?
• Managing your weight
• Know your labels
• Recipes
• Adapting recipes
• Catering for people with diabetes
• General cooking tips
• Jambalaya
• Shopping
• The Glycaemic Index
• Carbohydrate counter
• Fasting and diabetes
• The dangers of fasting
• Your diet and treatment
• Other factors to consider
• Ramadan, fasting and diabetes
• Celebrations and eating out
• Keeping blood glucose levels in check
• Eating out
• Children's parties
• Alcohol and diabetes
• Sugar and sweeteners
• Coeliac disease
• What is coeliac disease?
• What are the symptoms of coeliac disease?
• Is there a link between diabetes and coeliac disease?
• What should I do if I think I have coeliac disease?
• How is coeliac disease treated?
• Ten steps to eating well with diabetes and coeliac disease
• What are the long-term effects of coeliac disease?
• Further information
• Diabetes education
• Structured education courses
• Family network days
• Living with diabetes days
• Other educational events
• Your stories
• Timeline
• My life - for young people with diabetes

How we help

• Care events
• Children's support holidays
• Family support weekends
• Children's Support Weekends
• Volunteering
• Help with applying
• Applying for Children's holidays
• Applying for Family weekends
• Applying for Children's weekends
• Applying to be a volunteer
• Roadshow
• What are the risk assessments?
• Sut rydym ni’n asesu risg?
• Contact the Roadshow team
• Careline
• Advocacy
• Advocacy packs
• Financial services
• Travel insurance
• Diabetes UK Travel Essentials
• Julie's story
• US and Caribbean rates
• Holiday money
• Motor insurance
• Home insurance
• Pet insurance
• Credit card
• Retirement
• Aged 50-55 or approaching 75?
• Life insurance
• Health cash plan
• Equity Release
• Will Writing and Lasting Power of Attorney
• Funeral planning
• Local support groups
• In your area
• Balance and other magazines
• Balance
• About Balance
• Past issues
• Diabetes Update
• Update 2009
• Update 2008
• Update 2007
• Update 2006
• Update 2005
• Newsletters
• Youth newsletters
• Diabetes Lifestyle
• Online shop
• Science information
• Join now
• Benefits of Supporting Membership
• Become a Life Benefactor
• For Healthcare Professionals
• Frequently asked questions
• How much does Supporting Membership cost?
• What happens if I live outside the UK?
• What is Gift Aid?
• What is a Supporting Membership number?
• Supporting Members' area
• What's inside
• Frequently asked questions

Get involved

• Donate
• Change a Life appeal 2009
• Coin box appeal 2010
• Coin box request form
• Direct debit donation
• More on Regular Giving
• Donate in memory
• Funeral collections
• Tribute funds
• Payroll giving
• What difference will payroll giving make?
• Weekly lottery
• Summer prize draw 2009
• Leave a legacy
• How your gift will help
• Making a will
• Changing a will
• Legal terms explained
• Your free will guide
• Your intentions
• Gift aid
• Fundraising
• Diabetes Challenge
• Your Diabetes Challenge stories
• Care for a Cuppa
• Challenges
• Abseils and zip slides
• Parachuting and skydiving
• White water rafting
• Other challenges
• Festive and cultural events
• Fright nights
• Overseas challenges
• Running
• Social events
• Dance
• Denim for diabetes
• Formal balls
• Care for a Cuppa
• Other social
• Sports
• Cycling events
• Golf
• Race days
• Other sport
• Triathlons
• Walks
• Walk the extra mile
• Other walks
• Run your own event
• Other ways to fundraise
• Children's book
• Adopt a project
• Buy cartridges
• Buy a charity card from BusyBods
• Buy a charity CD
• Collect stamps
• Dangermouse pin badge appeal
• Everyclick.com
• Jewellery appeal
• Recycle your mobile phone
• Shop on eBay
• Switching to another energy supplier
• Tips
• Getting started
• Organising Events
• Sponsorship tips
• Online fundraising
• Top ten fundraising tips
• Raising awareness
• Getting started
• Booking a speaker
• Volunteering
• Get Serious campaign
• Silent Assassin campaign
• Background information
• Reduce your risk of developing diabetes
• What happens when you are tested for diabetes?
• Information for healthcare professionals
• Measure Up campaign
• Retinopathy campaign
• Change4Life campaign
• Awareness events
• Diabetes UK awareness events
• Other awareness events
• Campaigning
• Current campaigns
• Get Serious e-campaign
• Improving supported self management for people with diabetes e-campaign
• All children with diabetes matter
• Winning the diabetes vote
• Five years on - where's the screening? (e-campaign)
• Cuts in diabetes specialist services
• Postcode lottery on insulin pumps
• Junk food advertising to children
• Are diabetes services in your area up to scratch? - England
• Access to blood testing strips
• Diabetes Campaigners Network
• Our work in Parliament
• Photo gallery of events
• All Party Parliamentary Group for Diabetes
  (APPG Diabetes)
• Diabetes Parliamentary Champion
• Public meetings
• Resources
• Recent successes
• Campaign success stories
• Make diabetes a priority
• Campaigning and influencing training
• Volunteering
• Voluntary groups
• Start a new group
• Help for existing groups
• Service user representatives
• England
• Wales
• Northern Ireland
• Service planning
• Raising awareness
• Run a stall
• Become a speaker
• Distribute materials
• Supporting children and families
• Raising funds
• Office volunteers
• Internship scheme
• Advisory council and trustees
• Volunteers' stories
• Get involved newsletter
• Training and events
• Volunteering 2009 Conference
• Volunteer achievement awards
• Exhibition
• Delegate rates
• Registration and cancellations
• Programme
• Venue and accommodation
• How to get there
• Contact the Conference team
• Achievement awards
• Previous award winners
• User involvement
• What is user involvement?
• Principles
• Case studies
• Our projects
• Working in partnership with NHS Diabetes
• How to get involved
• User involvement at Diabetes UK
• Service User Rep Network
• Current opportunities
• Support for organisations
• Service User Rep Network
• Sign up today
• How Diabetes UK can support you
• Stories from service user reps
• Your feedback
• Corporate partners
• Why choose Diabetes UK?
• Where your money goes
• Benefits to you
• Ways to work with us
• Payroll giving for employers
• Sponsorship
• Charity of the Year
• Cause related marketing
• Staff fundraising
• Previous events
• Consultancy and logo association
• Other ways to work with us
• Acknowledgements
• Contact us
• Your chance to win
• Weekly lottery
• How do I enter?
• Who can enter?
• How will I know if I have won?
• What are the prizes?
• Lottery rules
• Winners
• Winners' stories
• Christmas Eve prize draw 2009
• Summer prize draw winners
• Winter prize draw winners
• Competitions
• Diabetes Week
• 'Get involved' blog
• Events diary
• World Diabetes Day
• Diabetes UK 2009 campaign
• Background and 2009 theme
• Working together
• Monument Challenge
• Get involved
• How to light a building blue for World Diabetes Day
• Case study
• Photo galleries
• Useful links
• 'Get involved' blog
• Online communities
• Social media
• Related forums
• Blogs
• Type 2 diabetes blog
• Travels with Type 1 diabetes blog
• 'Get involved' blog
• APC behind-the-scenes blog
• Music streaming
• Photo sharing
• Video sharing
• Virtual worlds
• 'Get involved' blog

Research

• About our research
• Research Strategy
• How the strategy was developed
• A flexible approach
• Investing in people
• How we fund research
• How we decide
• Gathering your views
• Current research
• Research project directory
• Research matters
• 2010
• 2009
• 2008
• 2007
• 2006
• 2005
• Research successes
• Research timeline
• Past fellows
• Black and minority ethnic groups
• Cardiovascular disease
• Care and treatment
• Cause and prevention
• Diabetic retinopathy
• Genetics
• Genetics (Type 2 diabetes)
• Gestational diabetes
• Immune system
• Insulin resistance
• Insulin signalling
• Obesity
• Psychosocial
• Treatment (Type 2 diabetes)
• Help fund research
• Position statements
• Get involved in research
• Diabetes Research Network
• For researchers
• Apply for a grant
• General guidelines for applicants
• Grant Conditions and IPR
• Project grants
• Equipment grants
• Small grants
• RD Lawrence Fellowship
• Clinical Training Fellowship
• Entry Level Fellowship
• Fulbright Diabetes UK Research Award
• AHP, nurse and midwife Research Training Fellowship
• PhD Studentship
• Our funding process
• Research Committee
• User Involvement – URRGAG
• Panels
• Managing your grant
• Questions about your grant
• Communicating your research
• Financial details and processes
• Local and comprehensive research networks
• England
• Wales
• Scotland
• Northern Ireland
• Diabetes Research Network
• DRN Research Group proposals
• Islet cell transplantation
• What are islet cells?
• Pancreatic islets of Langerhans
• Islets - Frequently asked questions
• Islet cell transplantation - FAQ
• Islet cell transplantation - FAQ
• Islet cell transplantation - FAQ
• Patient selection criteria
• Contact the Research team

Professionals

• News, updates, prizes and alerts
• Updates
• Specialty Certificate Examination in Endocrinology and Diabetes
• National clinical audit of diabetes
• Key issues questionnaire
• Education for young people with diabetes evaluated
• Alert - incorrect criteria advertised for Mary MacKinnon Named Lecture
• Call for Named Lectures 2011
• Diabetes bulletin
• Diabetes bulletin archive
• Medical alerts
• Prizes and awards
• Diabetes Specialist Nurses (DSNs)
• Conferences and training
• previous conference - Annual Professional Conference 2009
• Annual Professional Conference 2010
• Diabetes UK events and conferences
• All events and conferences
• Diabetes UK training
• Teaching aids
• Diabetes awareness toolkit
• Food and diabetes slides
• Store tour for people with diabetes
• Education and skills
• Courses
• Healthcare Professional courses and events submission form
• Diabetes as a cardiovascular disease
• Diabetes diploma course - Cardiff University
• Honours degree in diabetes nursing (York)
• Competencies - Feet
• Sexual dysfunction
• Encouraging dialogue
• Publications, reports and resources
• Diabetes Update
• Publications
• Online shop
• Reports, statistics and case studies
• Reports and statistics
• Audit Reports
• Case studies
• Tools
• Change to HbA1c values
• Diabetes Infobank
• Tell us about your care
• Hot topics
• Hot Topics form
• Useful links
• Resources for patients
• Online shop and language centre
• Careline and advocacy services
• Supporting membership
• Support groups
• Balance magazine
• Financial services
• Most popular website pages
• Care events
• Diabetes UK Type 1 DVD starter pack scheme
• Sharing your practice
• Submit Your Example
• A - Z of examples
• Care Topics
• Black and Minority Ethnic Communities
• Children and Young People
• Commissioning
• Diabetes Care in Schools
• Early identification
• Emotional and Psychological support
• Eye screening
• Innovative care
• Integrated Care
• Patient education
• Patient held records and care planning
• Physical activity
• Pregnancy
• Sharps Disposal
• User involvement
• Weight Management
• Shared Practice Feedback
• About Shared Practice Database
• Diabetes UK Shared Practice Award 2011
• Shared Practice Award 2010 Winners
• Entry form
• Service improvement
• Year of Care
• Year of Care concept
• Year of Care programme
• Support for Year of Care
• Keeping in touch with Year of Care
• Help us help you
• Volunteering for professionals
• Professional Working Groups and Council of Healthcare Professionals
• GP Surgery Network
• Diabetes in primary care
• Membership
• For people with diabetes
• For Healthcare Professionals
• Frequently asked questions
• What sort of membership do I need?
• What happens if I live overseas?
• What does the reduced rate of membership mean?
• What is Gift Aid?
• Where does my membership and donation go?
• What is a supporter number?
• What happens if I have any payment queries?
• Members' login area

About us

• Who we are
• History
• The founding of Diabetes UK
• RD Lawrence
• HG Wells
• Diabetes UK Roll of Honour
• Mission, vision and values
• Diabetes UK diversity statement
• Our strategic plan
• Devolution
• What we do
• Annual reports
• Impact report
• Life changing support holidays for youngsters
• Getting fit to cut the risk
• Life transforming research
• Power to the children
• Making a difference by getting involved
• Annual report and accounts
• Our views
• Care recommendations
• Aspirin treatment in diabetes
• Good clinical practice guidelines for care home residents with diabetes
• Impaired glucose regulation (IGR)/ Non-diabetic hyperglycaemia (NDH)/ Prediabetes
• Self-monitoring of blood glucose
• The arm as an injection site
• Position statements
• ‘Diabetic foods’ and food labelling
• Improving inpatient diabetes care – what care adults with diabetes should expect when in hospital
• Prioritising emotional well being
• Quality and Outcomes Framework revisions for 2008/9
• Self-monitoring of blood glucose
• Sweeteners
• Consultation responses
• Prescription charges review in England
• Diabetes UK and the NHS
• How we are governed
• Board of Trustees
• Membership
• Committees
• UK Advisory Council (UKAC)
• Membership
• Council of People Living with Diabetes
• Executive Team
• Douglas Smallwood
• Patron, President and Vice-Presidents
• Legal information
• Awards and standards
• Diabetes Challenge website - Best in Class - Interactive Media Awards
• Website of the Year
• Best website
• Fundraising standards
• Measure Up roadshow
• Everyclick charity challenge
• Third Sector Excellence Awards finalist
• Bendy bus viral video commendation
• Medals
• Alan Nabarro Medal (50 years)
• Robert Lawrence Medal (60 years)
• John Macleod Medal (70 years)
• Your medal stories
• Roger Westman's story (50 years)
• Jack Toft's story (60 years)
• Alec Boothroyd's story (70 years)
• Jobs
• Application process
• Training and development
• Benefits
• Staff profiles
• Senior Science Information Officer and Islet Project Coordinator
• West Midlands regional manager
• User Involvement Manager
• Special Events Manager
• News
• Press enquiries
• E-newsletter
• Contact us
• Supporter services
• Customer service standards and feedback
• Address change notification
• National Customer Service Week 2009
• Tell us what you think