Escalating obesity will result in 25 % increase in diabetes deaths
The number of death from diabetes in the UK will soar to 25% in the next decade according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) study, “Preventing Chronic Diseases” . The report states that by 2015, 76 per cent of men and 69 per cent of women over 30 will be overweight. This compares to 65 per cent of men and 55 per cent of women being overweight in 1995. The report is available to download here: www.who.int/chp/chronic_disease_report/en/index.html or see the News Release at www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2005/pr47/en/index.html

Type 2 diabetes guidelines
NICE calls for stakeholder registration for Type 2 diabetes guidelines (review)

Diabetes in pregnancy guidelines
NICE issues scope consultation documents for diabetes in pregnancy guidelines

DH announcement on the implementation of NICE Technology Appraisal no. 60 guidance on the use of patient education models for diabetes
The Department of Health (DH) normally directs the NHS to make resources available to implement technology appraisal guidance within three months of its issue. When this guidance was published in April 2003 the usual three month funding direction was waived to allow the NHS to make local decisions about the speed of implementation.

The Department of Health announced on the 15 June 2005 that all PCTs will need to implement NICE guidance TA no. 60 from January 2006. Details can be found on the Department of Health website and the NICE guidance on the use of patient-education models for diabetes is available at http://www.nice.org.uk/ta060.

Improving Diabetes Services: The National Servie Framework two years on
Home Office
This report hightlights progress over the two years following the publication of the National Service Framework for DiabetesDelivery Strategy.
http://www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/10/67/20/04106720.pdf

Diabetes Monitor Can Slot Into Gameboy
A Minnesota-based company has developed a blood sugar monitor that plugs into a Gameboy and offers free computer games if used regularly. The Glucoboy, which is manufactured by Guidance Interactive Healthcare, is aimed at children and young adults with diabetes who would otherwise be unmotivated to regularly check their blood sugar levels. In an interview with www.diabetesstation.com, CEO Paul Wessel said: "We are just trying to use technology to help manage the disease better. We know that a reward of any type goes a long way." More details are on www.interguidance.com

New Drug Helps Control Type 2 Diabetes
www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews&storyID=6649116
Long-term use of exenatide, an experimental diabetes drug derived from lizard saliva, reduces blood glucose levels in people with type 2 diabetes who don't do well with sulfonylurea-type drugs, investigators report.

Gene for Diabetes Found
www.newswise.com/articles/view/507844/
A gene involved in the action of insulin is associated with type 2 diabetes and the body’s response to insulin, report scientists at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, USA.

Montreal Study Links Diabetes with Cancer
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Diabetic men are more likely than healthy men to develop pancreatic and liver cancer, indicates a study that suggests a potentially fatal complication linked to the insulin deficiency.

Mobile Aid for Diabetes Patients
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Mobile phones are being used to try to make the lives of people with diabetes easier by high-speed data transfer.

Researchers Find heart Disease, Type 2 Diabetes Link
www.heartcenteronline.com/myheartdr/home/research-detail.cfm?reutersid=4793
An international team of researchers has identified variations on a specific gene that might help explain why so many patients with type 2 diabetes suffer from coronary artery disease.

Diabetes X-Pert Programme
www.cgsupport.nhs.uk/Resources.asp#xpert
The Diabetes X-Pert Programme has been developed by Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale PCT. It is a six week professional led programme based on the theories of patient empowerment and patient activation. It has been thoroughly evaluated and has produced significant statistical evidence for improved diabetes control for those engaging with it.

Inhaled Insuline May Work for Diabetes
http://my.webmd.com/content/article/95/103290.htm
Inhaled insulin is just as effective as injected insulin at controlling blood sugar, according to a study in the October issue of the journal Diabetes Care.

Blood Presure Drugs Not Linked to Diabetes
www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews&storyID=6481483
There is some evidence that various types of drugs used to treat high blood pressure could hasten or impede the development of type 2 diabetes, but the latest findings don't support that idea.

Diabetes Increasing at 'Alarming Rate'
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A leading diabetes charity has today said there has been such an increase in the condition that there are now 1.8 million sufferers in the UK – the equivalent of the combined populations of Liverpool, Birmingham and Manchester.

Rising Obesity Will Condemn One in Ten Britons to Diabetes by 2010
www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8126-1299020,00.html
ONE in ten Britons can expect to suffer from diabetes by 2010 as the full impact of the country’s soaring levels of obesity takes its toll on public health.

Factsheet on extended nurse and supplementary prescribing
www.cgsupport.nhs.uk/diabetes/Resources.asp#extpresc
A new Factsheet on the benefits of extended nurse and supplementary prescribing is now available.

Low-Level Work Linked to Diabetes
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A new study out of Great Britain reveals the kind of job you have may help determine whether you’ll end up with type 2 diabetes -- especially if you’re a man.

Results of Islet Transplant Study Now Available
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Researchers from 12 medical centers in the United States and Canada, who have performed islet transplants in 86 patients with type 1 diabetes, published their results in the first annual report of the Collaborative Islet Transplant Registry (CITR).