Preventing type 2 diabetes in people with ‘prediabetes’: do diet and exercise work?
Catriona Hilton looks at prediabetes and the evidence on whether diet and exercise can reduce your risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Category Archives: Diabetes & other metabolic & endocrine disorders
Foot care for people with diabetes: prevention of complications and treatment
Sarah Chapman reviews the evidence on foot care for people with diabetes in an article for nurses
Pre-diabetes: can prevention come too soon?
Cochrane UK Senior Fellow in General Practice, Richard Lehman, suggests pre-diabetes is a form of disease-mongering as he looks at the Cochrane evidence
Preventing type 2 diabetes: exercise, eating and evidence
This blog looks at the WHO Global report on diabetes and some evidence on preventing type 2 diabetes
My treatment, my choice: what do I need to know?
Rosalind describes how shared decision-making helped her decide which Graves Disease treatment would be best for her
Managing blood glucose levels on the diabetes rollercoaster: how low should you go?
Can the evidence help decide what to aim for when managing blood glucose levels in diabetes and how does this work in practice?
Managing diabetes: new evidence on targets for blood pressure and blood glucose
Do low blood pressure targets benefit people with diabetes?
Non-removable casts are better than dressings or removable casts for helping diabetes-related foot ulcers heal
Key message: Non-removable, pressure-relieving casts are more effective in healing diabetes-related plantar foot ulcers than removable casts, or dressings...