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Forum moderator nominations 2025 are opening soon! We're pleased to open up nominations for members to become a forum moderator for the 2025-2026 term. Moderators play a significant role in ensuring the diabetes forum is a safe, compassionate and inclusive place for all. We welcome lively...

Update: still on the case. All the databases have been adjusted and improved and speed seems to have improved. Next week we'll look to get the styles back up!

Hi there - Everything will be restored properly...promise! We received an incredible number of requests from Russian IPs which seems to have been the cause of the issues we were having last week. We have now successfully had a few days of no further problems and will be putting things back to...

The Diabetes Forum app should now be working correctly. Please let me know if there are any issues!

Dear @Jaylee - the forum has gone back to this style temporarily as we were receiving 6k+ bot requests a second and needed to minimise the variables. As soon as we've blocked the bots, we'll install all of the styles again. Sorry for the inconvenience!

Dear Forum Members, We’re aware that some users have been experiencing technical issues with the forum recently. Please rest assured that our team is actively investigating the cause and working to resolve the problem as quickly as possible. We expect things to be back to normal within the...

Hey, sorry about the confusion. We at Diabetes.co.uk remain the same - no change here. The email you received is actually with respect to the research panel which is changing name. It's not a well designed email (should really have put the Research Panel text under the Diabetes.co.uk logo) and...

Welcome! :)

Dear Forum Members, We strive to ensure our community remains a welcoming, informative, and supportive space for everyone. To maintain these standards, we have a dedicated team of moderators and administrators available to assist with any questions, concerns, or issues you may encounter. Here...

Congratulations to the forum moderators for 2024: @KennyA @Pipp @TheSecretCarbAddict @Grant_Vicat @Nicola M @Melgar @HSSS @Rachox...

Dear all - thank you for voting for our Forum Moderators for 2024. We are collating the results, contacting relevant parties and will share the outcomes shortly!

I have been type 1 diabetic for about 30 years, and carb count confidently. In the vast majority of cases sugar goes up with a meal and comes back to target, but not always. I recently worked out that the times my sugar does not respond as expected are linked with meals which contain a lot of...

Hello, The elections will be going live tomorrow. We have been collecting some final confirmations on prospective moderators. We appreciate your understanding, Admin

Forum moderator nominations 2024 are open! We're pleased to open up nominations for members to become a forum moderator for 2024-2025. Moderators play a significant role in ensuring the diabetes forum is a safe, compassionate and inclusive place for all. We welcome lively discussion but are...

People with type 2 diabetes mellitus are largely unable to make optimal use of glucose to produce the energy needed to fuel muscle contractions. Researchers at Oxford Brookes University are recruiting a total of 20 people with and without type 2 diabetes to investigate the extent to which there...

Hi @Rustytypin - thanks for noting this. As others have said, this may be because your password was compromised in a breach, rather than the site itself being compromised. Please send @Carson_DCUK a message (and preferably a screenshot too) and we'll look into this immediately for you. Please...

This study conducted by Royal Holloway, University of London and DDM Health is exploring the potential of using voice recordings to identify individuals at risk of developing type 2 diabetes. We are looking for people with and without type 2 diabetes to share their voice. Your participation...

Hello, We just wanted to make all members of the community aware of a slight rule amendment to rule B11. It is as follows: "Forum members will be asked to remove avatars judged unacceptable. The moderator and admin teams may also remove avatars without warning. Further action may be taken...

***ELECTION UPDATE*** Hi, thank you all for taking part in the nominations and this year's election process. As we only have a few new mods joining the team there is no need for an election, and we will be welcoming the new mods lovinglife TriciaWs ianf0ster Joining the returning members of...

Hi @grahamrb - there's no fee to join the forum (as you can see, as you're posting here!) :) The free trial that is being offered on the Gro app is a 7 day free trial. For that, you are required to put payment details in. This is not connected to your Diabetes.co.uk forum account. Hope that helps!