Month: January 2016

Deconstructing the myths surrounding a Low Carb diet and Type 1 diabetes – why it’s another useful tool

Deconstructing the myths surrounding a Low Carb diet and Type 1 diabetes – why it’s another useful tool

29/01/2016 admin 2

Following a discussion on Twitter with someone regarding why a ketogenic diet is or is not dangerous for T1 diabetics, and seeing the usual recurrence […]

The UK National Diabetes Audit results are in. Change is in the wind, but there’s still a storm in the offing.

The UK National Diabetes Audit results are in. Change is in the wind, but there’s still a storm in the offing.

28/01/2016 admin 0

Published today, the National Diabetes Audit reports from 2013-2015 are here and have some interesting findings for us. Participation in the audit by Clinical Commissioning […]

Whose Diabetes is it anyway?

Whose Diabetes is it anyway?

27/01/2016 admin 0

Following a manic weekend of tweeting and a number of discussions brought on as a result of my clinic appointment on Friday, a couple of […]

Close encounters of the worst kind – an everyday encounter with @NHSDiabetes

Close encounters of the worst kind – an everyday encounter with @NHSDiabetes

22/01/2016 admin 1

Six monthly diabetes clinic appointment time and I was in high hopes. I had my agenda, knew what I wanted to say, and had prepared […]

Crowd Sourcing Diabetes Data – an extension of @NightscoutFdn for patient led clinical trials? #WeAreNotWaiting

Crowd Sourcing Diabetes Data – an extension of @NightscoutFdn for patient led clinical trials? #WeAreNotWaiting

20/01/2016 admin 0

Susannah Fox (@SusannahFox) 19/01/2016, 03:04 Peer-to-peer healthcare: Crazy. Crazy. Crazy. Obvious. (We’re getting there.) susannahfox.com/2011/05/25/pee… I saw the above tweet in my feed this morning, […]

Targeting insulin at the liver where it should be – Hepatocyte-Delivered Vesicle for Insulin

Targeting insulin at the liver where it should be – Hepatocyte-Delivered Vesicle for Insulin

07/01/2016 admin 0

Whilst we are on the subject of novel diabetes treatments, I recently came across Hepatocyte Directed Vesicle Insulin from Diasome, and this one is a […]

#Afrezza or How not to do Diabetes Pharma. Can @SanofiDiabetes shed a little more light? – Updated

#Afrezza or How not to do Diabetes Pharma. Can @SanofiDiabetes shed a little more light? – Updated

06/01/2016 admin 0

***NOTE: This post has been updated following re-reading of the SEC documents relating to the Chang Yi LIang case due to mis-reading of the data*** […]