Saturday, July 12th, 2008
Last month it was announced that Diabetes UK won the Everyclick Charity Challenge, winning a national outdoor advertising campaign. This great opportunity will see the re-launch of the popular Measure Up campaign.
A number of innovative methods were created to promote the Everyclick service to supporters via the internet, both internally ...
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
A hundred people a week in the UK have a lower limb amputated as a result of diabetes, warns Diabetes UK today. The leading health charity says to reduce this figure there is an urgent need for greater awareness of the impact of the condition, which as well as lower ...
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Gaining body fat may be a good thing, at least for people with type 1 diabetes, say researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. Their study, being presented at the 68th Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association in San Francisco, followed 655 patients with type ...
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Friday, July 4th, 2008
Three quarters of a million people with diabetes in England are at risk of losing their sight because they are not being screened for diabetic retinopathy.
Diabetic retinopathy is the primary cause of blindness in the UK's working-age population.
Diabetes UK is calling for everyone aged 12 and over diagnosed with diabetes ...
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Friday, July 4th, 2008
Join one of our annual Walk in the Park events to help raise crucial funds and awareness. Diabetes UK is calling on all passionate walkers to get involved and enjoy some gentle physical activity.
Walk in the Park, which includes 100 walks up and down the country, is a fun day ...
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Friday, July 4th, 2008
In an effort to understand how genes work, a collaborative study which includes the University of Southern California (USC) has identified a gene that regulates glucose levels. The results, which will be published in the July issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation and is currently available online, may provide ...
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Friday, July 4th, 2008
Scientists at Karolinska Institutet and Miami University have discovered that cells in the pancreas cooperate - signal - in a way hitherto unknown. The discovery can eventually be of significance to the treatment of diabetes.
The aim of the project was to find out how the healthy body regulates glucose concentrations ...
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
The California Legislative Black Caucus Foundation and Assembly member Sandre Swanson (D) on Friday sponsored a health care summit that focused on ways to address diabetes and obesity, particularly in minority communities, the Contra Costa Times reports.
At the summit held in Oakland, Calif., Alameda County Health Director Anthony Iton said ...
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Saturday, April 19th, 2008
Sit on your heels, kneeling in the classic vajrasana or thunderbolt pose, explained in detail in our earlier special on yoga for meditation.
Lower hips to the ground on the left. Pass right foot over bent left knee. Inhale, raising left hand over head, bend it, pressing left elbow over right ...
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