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The silent assassin that lies in wait
DIAGNOSIS The steady advance of diabetes is unrelenting and, if unchecked, threatens to devastate an already distressed National Health Service, as Jane Kirby discovers Diabetes is often a silent...
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A view from Whitehall
POLITICS Care Services Minister Paul Burstow sets out the Coalition Government’s aims for diabetes care within a reformed National Health Service We have an epidemic in this country. It is an epidemic...
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The unspoken threat to world health
OUTLOOK Diabetes is one of the major health challenges of our time. It is the fastest growing chronic condition in the UK, with one new case diagnosed every three minutes, and yet it is an epidemic...
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What is diabetes?
DEFINITIONS Diabetes mellitus, usually known as diabetes, is an incurable and progressive condition characterised by too much glucose, a type of sugar, in the blood, writes Roger Dobson Glucose levels...
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Counting rising cost of epidemic
ECONOMIC COST Diabetes is long-term, seriously debilitating and expensive to treat. Numbers and costs are going up. Action is needed now to save money in the future, writes Judy Hobson Last year £9...
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