Tag: type 1 diabetes

My Diabetes My Way reaches over 15,000 Scottish Patients with Diabetes and the good news is it has received funding to continue further development and...

MULTIPLE DAILY INJECTIONS, SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS MDI OR BASAL BOLUS REGIME Basal - this is your background or base insulin on Multiple Daily Injections....

This is the Scottish Diabetes Survey 2016, published August 2017 with the most recent data in both Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes in...

Tweeters at #EASD2016  – For those of us not fortunate enough to be able to attend The European Association for the Study of Diabetes conference, thankfully...

Holiday travel checklist on injections MDI (Multiple daily injections) or Mixed insulin regime For a checklist for people with diabetes when travelling with an insulin...

Avoiding and treating hypos - low blood glucose (hypoglycemia) It’s a question often asked in groups, what do you use to treat hypos? Here are...

Type 1 diabetes benefits and allowances Benefits for under 16 years year old Children under the age of 16 with type 1 diabetes may be entitled...

Holiday travel checklist with an insulin pump For a holiday checklist for people with diabetes on injections, see here Being prepared with diabetes makes life easier....

The adAPT study - Type 1 Diabetes Prevention Trial The Autoimmune diabetes Accelerator Prevention Trial (adAPT) is a randomised controlled trial (RCT) designed to prevent...

What to do if you want a pump Getting a pump in Scotland is not always as simple as it should be. It is still...

What is Type 1 diabetes? Type 1 diabetes is also known as Juvenile Diabetes, Insulin Dependant Diabetes, IDDM, diabetes mellitus, T1D, Type1D, and more variations....

What is diabetes? Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic conditions characterised by high blood sugar (glucose) levels, that result from defects in insulin secretion,...