Tackling mental health issues in diabetes

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This Mental Health Awareness Week we conducted a survey and found out which mental health problems are mostly commonly experienced most by the diabetes community.

Mental health awareness

Is sugar the culprit?

One out of every four UK adults has hypertension (high blood pressure), and researchers believe cutting out sugar could be crucial in treating it.

Sugar cessation

Sight for sore eyes

A new contact lens that can monitor glucose levels has been developed that is more comfortable to wear for people with diabetes.

Contact lens boost

David Mendosa tributes

David Mendosa, a beloved diabetes writer, passed away this week aged 81. One Diabetes Forum user said she was “indebted” to Mendosa’s work.

Mendosa’s legacy

Time to confess

"For the past 5 weeks or so I have been really bad," writes Diabetes Forum user berylc, whose recent altered sleep pattern affected her LCHF diet.

Sleep problems

Spirit of success

A sweetener found in tequila called agavin could offer benefits, such as lower blood glucose levels, for people with diabetes.

What is agavin?

Take a look at some of today's top threads:

01  Forgetting if I took insulin?
02  Freestyle libre and airport security
03  Injection sites
04  Dr Malcolm Kendrick on statin side-effects. All in the mind?
05  Atkins low carb bars
06  Omega-3 fatty acids
07  Don't forget your creams are free
08  Sugarfree confectionery
09 Why can I not get my readings down?
10 Metformin

There are 1,370,982 posts from 238,955 members in the forum right now.

Did you know: that 96% of questions get their first response in 4 minutes! Login to join the conversation or sign-up and start a thread here.

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What we're reading

Compound interest

A compound found in red wine called resveratrol could improve the heart health in some people with type 2 diabetes.

What is resveratrol?

A new opportunity

A tool has been developed that can predict which newly diagnosed children with type 1 diabetes will not have a honeymoon phase.

Predictive T1 tool

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