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Roche Diabetes Care have launched the mySugr Pump Control in Switzerland. It is a new module within the mySugr app designed to enable people with diabetes to control an insulin pump directly via a smartphone. Availability in further European countries is likely to follow. https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/new s-releases/roche-launches-mysugr-pump-control-within-the-mysugr-app-to-simplify-insulin-pump-therapy-via-smartphone-878207237.html Afon Technology – Images have been released of a […]

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Singapore research finds surgery for type 2 diabetes may restore nearly a decade to life expectancy https://www.medwirenews.com/diabetes/surgery-type-2-diabetes-restore-nearly-decade-life-expectancy/19148930 Children with type 1 diabetes have an increased risk for developing neurodevelopment disorders, with the risk greater for those with a high HbA1c, according to a study published in  Diabetologia. https://www.healio.com/news/endocrinology/20210316/high-hba1c-in-type-1-diabetes-linked-to-increased-risk-for-neurodevelopment-disorders Austrian/Swiss research finds that consuming moderate amounts […]

World Diabetes Day Report continued

Kenya A Kenya Diabetes Management and Information Centre event partnered with the Ministry of Health, Novo Nordisk and Roche was used to highlight the burden of Diabetes in the country and the plight of people living with diabetes. Held at the Serena Hotel in Nairobi the event majored on the role nurses and other health workers […]

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Roche Diabetes Care India launches ‘mySugr’ App & Accu-Chek Instant to help patients https://www.exchange4media.com/marketing-news/roche-diabetes-care-india-launches-mysugr-app-accu-chek-instant-to-help-patients-96482.html Dexcom Apple Watch upgrade directly monitors diabetes https://www.diabetes.co.uk/news/2019/jun/dexcom-upgrade-directly-monitors-diabetes-via-apple-watch-96330159.htm