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Britons With Type 1 Diabetes Die Nearly 8 Years Earlier — But keeping HbA1c in check can mitigate this early mortality by Kristen Monaco, Staff Writer, MedPage Today September 23, 2020 The average British adult with type 1 diabetes loses about eight life-years compared with nondiabetic age peers, according to a modeling study. Drawing upon […]
Former UK Prime Minister Theresa May is to become an Ambassador for JDRF helping to promote its global research projects. The politician, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in later life, will champion the charity’s groundbreaking research including the Connect Immune Research initiative. This project brings together researchers from across many autoimmune conditions to […]
An artificial pancreas app that enables insulin to be delivered automatically to people with type 1 diabetes was launched on Monday. The world-first downloadable licensed app, CamAPS FX, follows 13 years of research by Professor Roman Hovorka at the University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. A screenshot of the artificial pancreas […]
Type 1 diabetics treated at King’s College Hospital are the first in the UK to use a new wireless insulin pump. The tubeless device provides up to three days of insulin without daily injections. It is attached to the wearers’ body and has an easy-to-use touchscreen handset described as being like a smartphone. One of […]
Coinciding with World Diabetes Day, the National Health Service (NHS) in England is providing funding for Flash Glucose Monitors (FGM) for Type 1 Diabetic (T1D) patients. The move is set to change the lives of tens of thousands of people in the country. Read more –> Forbes.com