This is the final part of our series on DUKPC research highlights. If you haven’t caught the others, find out the latest on treatments targeting the immune system and diabetes subtypes and genetics. This time, I’m covering psychology and exercise. The psychology of hypos Psychology and the emotional impact of living with diabetes was a hot topic…

I work for an American company of about 400 employees: big enough that we get things done, but small enough that I know many of my colleagues. Although I live and work in the UK, I know quite a few of my colleagues “across the pond”. This is mostly via emails but I get to…

Our annual conference was an inspiring and action-packed three days, crammed with research highlights. You can read about the latest on immunotherapies in our last DUKPC blog. Here I’m covering some of the big research themes that were the talk of the town. Drilling down into subtypes Professor Andrew Hattersley gave the conference’s most prestigious lecture…

Hello. I’m Jon, a content producer here at Diabetes UK. I’d like to tell you about some really exciting new videos we’ve made, and the process we undertook to produce them. Here is the story of our brand new ‘What is diabetes’ video series. It started with our rebrand. Our old videos, though the information…

That all people in the world can get quality health services, where and when they need them, without suffering financial hardship; that’s the vision of universal health coverage and the campaigning message behind today’s World Health Day. When we consider that theme from the perspective of all types of diabetes in the UK we must…

 This was my first ever Diabetes UK Professional Conference, and what an amazing three days it was. The immune system is something I’ve always wanted to know more about. Understanding the world of immune cells, antibodies and microbes is no easy feat. But I got the chance to hear from world-leading experts on each of…