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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 magazine is an accessible source of authoritative, up-to-date information about diabetes care and research.
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Winter 2022
To get a taste of what Diabetes Update offers, you can sample some key features from our latest issue.
Feature Article (PDF 182 KB) - The first-ever treatment to delay type 1 diabetes is licensed in the US

Fact File #51 (PDF, 353 KB) - Periodontal disease and diabetes mellitus - a risky relationship
more reading on gum disease
Last Word (PDF, 1.6 MB) - Holly Taylor, PhD Student
Medicine Digest (PDF, 24.6 MB) - Peer support for type 2 diabetes
Other articles in this issue include:
News
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Best practice in care awards
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Type 2 diabetes remission module
Stories
- Day in the life of
- Patient's Voice
Research focus
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Questions marks over Covid-19 and diabetes link
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Impact of type 1 on education
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Risk of depression higher in young-onset type 1
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Putting quality of life measures at the heart of research
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Best route to treat neuropathic pain
Features
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Preparing the ground for type 1 diabetes screening in the UK
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Learning from outside diabetes care
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Technology - a year in review
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Teplizumab licenced in the US
Young Diabetologists and Endocrinologists’ Forum
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Meet the committee members