COVID – 19 and Diabetes Continued
COVID-19 Telehealth Silver Lining Telehealth for people with diabetes has become a necessity during the COVID-19 pandemic when social distancing, lockdowns, and stay-at-home orders have been implemented to prevent transmission of the virus. These precautions are especially important for people with diabetes to follow because their conditions make them more likely to become severely ill and get more […]
Diabetes is Serious Campaign Launch
Chris Green (Conservative) – the MP for Bolton West and Atherton, attended the “Diabetes is Serious” campaign launch in the House of Commons, which included a report revealing how there were 7,000 excess deaths involving the condition last year. Mr Green (left) said: “I was delighted to attend a Diabetes UK Reception to raise awareness […]
African Region Tops WHO Analysis for Undiagnosed Diabetes
Only 46 percent of people living with diabetes in the African region know their status. This raises the risk of severe illness and death, potentially worsening the situation in the region which already has the world’s highest mortality rates due to the disease, a new analysis by World Health Organization (WHO) shows. https://www.afro.who.int/news/african-region-tops-world-undiagnosed-diabetes-who-analysis Advocacy Action: […]
Nigeria – Importance of Foot Care Spelt Out
Increased mortality in patients living with diabetes who have had to undergo limb amputations is well documented, yet Podiatry is often seen as a ‘Cinderella’ part of a health service with limited numbers of practitioners in some countries. Podiatry is a branch of medicine devoted to foot and ankle surgery where effective management of limb […]
Not Just People with Diabetes at Increased Covid Risk
In a major study in Spain, researchers have concluded that abnormally high blood sugar may worsen outcomes and mortality rates for Covid-19 patients, including those without diabetes. The findings show patients with abnormally high glucose levels were more than twice as likely to die from the virus than those with normal readings. 11,000 non-critically ill […]
Research Corner
Obesity Risks The study suggests there is a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes by at least 6 times. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/04/200415185837.htm Studies into Diabetes Genes In the largest non-European diabetes genetics study to date that involved 433,540 East Asian individuals from China, Hong Kong, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and USA, an international team of […]