In an article for the New York Times, Donald McNeil reported, “With insulin prices skyrocketing and substantial shortages developing in poorer countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on 13 November, a day before World Diabetes Day,  that it was to begin read more »

Apologies for a late update on this, we’re revamping the main www.desang.net news website and are in what gets referred to as ‘development hell’ with things dragging on a bit. Will be worth it in the end! So news on the site read more »

  Good injection technique is crucial to diabetes management. A team at Bournemouth University has developed a new tool to help people assess their technique and they’d love your help in reviewing the tool to make sure it’s as useful as it can read more »

These cinnamon capsules are made with Cinnamon Hill’s own fresh and organic Ceylon cinnamon, harvested from plantations in Sri Lanka and capsuled in the UK. They are totally pure for maximum health benefit.  The packaging is a transparent vegan capsule; you can read more »

Blood glucose monitoring is still a multiple daily event for most of us. Here are some tools from some of the bigger players Abbott and Roche, as well as newcomer Trividia Health. There’s also news from Ascensia about a study of Type read more »

Is blood glucose monitoring still relevant? It seems to me that it very much is. As mentioned previously, not everyone yet has access to glucose monitoring sensors, so there are plenty of reasons to blood test. By Sue Marshall As well as whatever read more »

More than 50 patients in Denton, Manchester – many with diabetes – took part in a 12-week trial designed to help them shed pounds and significantly improve their health. The results found an average weight loss of 20lb and: • 72% reported a read more »

An international panel of diabetes experts has published guidelines for continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Presented at the American Diabetes Association’s (ADA’s) 79th Scientific Sessions in San Francisco, the targets are for both research and clinical settings:   • People with Type 1 and Type 2 read more »

Taking any excuse to get food on the front cover, it was fun to discover while working on a feature about summer’s food trends that someone has come up with advice on how to stop seagulls taking off with your chips. Thanks read more »

Hypo Awareness Week starts on Monday 30th September. You’ll know the feeling – trembling, sweating, cranky. But what about the people around you? Would they be able to spot the symptoms, so that they could help you out if needed? This Hypo read more »