Lucy, our Head of Research Impact and Communications, shares the moment she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. And how research has revealed that her journey with type 1 began long before any ...

In this month's article:In this month's article: Long-term benefits of weight loss and metformin in slowing type 2 diabetes progression New type 2 diabetes gene therapy moves towards clinical trials ...

The findings lay the foundation for new clinical support that could help thousands of women with gestational diabetes avoid the challenges of insulin treatment and improve health for them and their ...

General side effects As with all prescribed medication, everyone reacts differently. Check the patient information leaflet supplied with your insulin to see what the side effects are. Remember, you’re ...

One in five adults in the UK now live with diabetes or prediabetes, and we are calling on the government to address the hidden health crisis we are facing. Our new diabetes prevalence figures show ...

Mala was diagnosed with prediabetes just as lockdown was easing in April 2021. And a few months before her wedding.

In this month's article:In this month's article: A step forward in making insulin 'smarter' World-first stem cell transplant helps person with type 1 diabetes produce insulin Regenerating cells with ...

We explain what causes gestational diabetes, what the most common risk factors are and how you can take steps to reduce your risk.

Causes of type 1 diabetes It’s normal to wonder if something you’ve done could have caused your type 1 diabetes – or a child’s type 1 diabetes. But there’s nothing you could have done to prevent it.

Around one in four people with type 2 diabetes take insulin.* If you have type 2 diabetes and are prescribed insulin, it doesn’t mean you have type 1 diabetes.

A government-commissioned report has shown that the NHS requires significant reform to reduce the pressure on its services. Lord Ara Darzi’s Independent Investigation of the National Health Service in ...

With the right treatment and support, it is possible to live well with diabetes. But without it, devastating diabetes complications can develop, and every week diabetes leads to 2,990 cases of heart ...