Tag: Diabetes
Scientists discover link between hypertension and diabetes, raising hopes for new treatment strategies
One of the long-standing medical mysteries is the diagnosis of diabetes in majority of patients suffering from high blood pressure (hypertension and diabetes).
The reason...
Type 1 diabetes patients benefit from using flash monitors
Nearly half of Type 1 diabetes patients in the NHS England are benefiting from the use of flash monitors that allow them to check...
Scotland introduces more accurate blood test for Type 1 diabetes patients
Scotland has become the world’s first country to introduce a simple blood test for Type 1 diabetes patients, enabling them to stop taking insulin...
‘UK South Asians five times more prone to diabetes’
Type 2 diabetes is up to five times more predominant in South Asian populations living in the UK as compared with their white European...
Medicine watchdog asks pharmacies to stop supply of Metformin Hydrochloride
The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has asked pharmacies to stop supplying a particular batch of Metformin Hydrochloride 500mg/5ml oral solution following...
Diabetes drug prescriptions rises eight million since 2015, NHS report says
Nearly 60 million drugs were used to treat people with diabetes in England last year, increasing eight million since 2015-16, a report by the...