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Diabetes set to devastate India’s metropolitan cities, with more than half of men and two thirds of women currently aged 20 years projected to develop the condition in their lifetime
Embargo: 2301H UK time Monday 23 November Disturbing new research published in Diabetologia (the journal…
Type 1 diabetes could begin in the womb, new research suggests
Previously it was thought that children under six months could only develop neonatal diabetes New…
Study shows similar antibody response to key SARS-CoV-2 ‘spike’ protein in COVID-19 patients both with and without diabetes, boosting hopes that new vaccines will protect vulnerable diabetic patients
Because antibody response is similar in patients and with and without diabetes, this response is…
Insomnia identified as a new risk factor for type 2 diabetes in new study which also confirms many other risk and protective factors
A new ‘global atlas’ study published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for…
Study finds link between too much or too little sleep and increased death rates in patients with or without diabetes
New research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of…
Study links abnormally high blood sugar with higher risk of death in COVID-19 patients not previously diagnosed with diabetes
Embargo: 2301H UK time Friday 10 July New research from Wuhan, China shows that, in…
First study of COVID-19 patients with diabetes shows that 10% die within seven days of hospital admission and two thirds are men
The first study of COVID-19 to specifically analyse the effect of the disease in hospitalised…
New research shows that increasing number of lost pregnancies is linked to higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes
New research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of…
Obesity is a critical risk factor for type 2 diabetes, regardless of genetics
Obesity increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by at least 6 times, regardless…
Study suggests men more likely to develop type 2 diabetes if they go through puberty early
Embargo: 2301H UK time Monday 23 March Boys who enter puberty at an early age…