Upcoming webinar to showcase specialist post-graduate diabetes training programme in Leicester
Healthcare professionals looking to specialise in diabetes care have been invited to join a webinar to learn about a part-time post graduate training programme ...
Health benefits of sleep to be unveiled during live online event
A Facebook Live video session taking place next week will look at the positive health impact of consistent, uninterrupted sleep in people with type 2 diabetes. ...
Menarini becomes exclusive distributor for INVOKANA® (canagliflozin) and VOKANAMET® (fixed-dose combination of canagliflozin and metformin) in the UK
A. Menarini Farmaceutica Internazionale SRL (“Menarini”) has become the exclusive distributor for INVOKANA®(canagliflozin) and VOKANAMET®(a fixed-dose combinati...
EDFN Peer Review aims to ensure ‘consistent approach’ to reduce variations in diabetic footcare
Healthcare professionals working in footcare have been urged to complete an evaluation of local services as part of the drive to reduce variations in diabetic f...
Group B strep infections with tenosynovial involvement in diabetic foot ulcers are ‘particularly destructive’
Group B Streptococcus-infected diabetic foot ulcers with tenosynovial involvement require “aggressive treatment” by surgeons, according to new research. The stu...
Foot scanning technology could ‘save limbs’, says team behind pilot study in Bermuda
A pilot study in Bermuda which used a new technology to assess foot health through temperature has helped more people avoid surgery. Podium Professional is a po...
Education is ‘crucial’ in preventing type 2 diabetes cases rising past one billion by 2050
An international diabetes centre claims that education and prevention “serve as vital tools” in the mission against type 2 diabetes after experts have predicted...
Leicester volunteers sought for UK’s largest health research programme
People living in Leicester are being urged to take part in a national health research programme which aims to create the most detailed “portrait” of people’s he...
Multidisciplinary care and surgical reconstruction of the diabetic foot the focus of annual symposium
A leading diabetic foot clinic is inviting healthcare professionals with an interest in multidisciplinary diabetic foot care to attend its annual symposium late...