It was September 2008. I was in University College Hospital in London, having just been told I had type 1 diabetes, crying and contemplating a life with a serious, chronic health condition. The ...

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About 90% of people with diabetes have type 2 diabetes. The signs may not be obvious, or there may be no signs at all. Some people can live with it for might be up to 10 years before being diagnosed.

This could allow people at risk to get the right care and treatments earlier, helping to slow or prevent kidney damage. Around one in three people living with diabetes develop kidney damage during ...

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The FreeStyleThe FreeStyle Libre 2 lets you check your glucose levels without having to prick your finger. It is now a real-time continuous glucose monitor (CGM), although you can still scan the ...

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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.

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