Diabetes was first recognised as a medical condition over 3,000 years ago, the ancient Greeks coining the term Ziabites. Many ancient civilisations including Egyptian, Indian, Chinese, Persian and Arabic, offer…
Libre 3 users alerted to issues Faulty readings from Abbott's Libre 3 and Libre 3 plus continuous glucose monitors have been linkedto 7 deaths and 736 adverse events according to…
Busy day on Monday Two appointments on the same day, an hour apart but also seven miles apart! Starting in Bingley with a check up from the diabetic nurse, followed…
A noted previously, my diabetes was first identified during a visit to the optician. My GP, besides prescribing treatment, also referred me to ophthalmology to monitor my eyes. My nearest…
When I was diagnosed with T2D, I was given a finger prick glucose monitor to use at home. My target was to have a reading of 7 mmol/L or lower…
Despite my extensive education and links with healthcare, I still have to look up diarrhoea every time I use it, to make sure the spelling is correct! But it became…
It is estimated that there are over a million people in the UK living with undiagnosed diabetes. For a good while I was one of those people.I first noticed a…