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T1D Screening Effect of population-wide screening for presymptomatic early-stage type 1 diabetes on paediatric clinical care. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587(24)00101-3/fulltext CGMs Use of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) is now considered standard of care for people with T1D. New data continues to show the clinical benefits from CGM in people with type 2 diabetes, including those who don’t use […]
Diabetes and Covid 19: Links to Covid in Zimbabwe
The Bulawayo City Council Health Services Department has recorded a rise in new diabetes and hypertension cases in 2020 and 2021 that medical experts are claiming are linked to the effects of Covid. Hypertension is diagnosed when blood pressure rates are above normal. It is the second most prevalent chronic disease in Zimbabwe, affecting around […]
World Diabetes Day 2021
World Diabetes Day (WDD) is marked every year on 14 November, the birthday of Sir Fredrick Banting, who discovered insulin along with Charles Best in 1922. Cyprus – For WDD the Medieval Castles of Paphos and Larnaka, as well as the Cyprus Museum at Nicosia (pictured), were lit blue. The Cyprus Diabetic Association persuaded the […]
Zimbabwe: Nurses Behind Better NCD Management
Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) are estimated to account for 31% of total deaths, with diabetes, hypertension and asthma as the main killers in Zimbabwe. The country has been facing a number of challenges most notably in the health sector. Healthcare workers are overwhelmed and doctors, especially in rural areas, are scarce. Millions of Zimbabweans are disconnected […]