Individuals who have poorly controlled type 1 diabetes or type 2 diabetes may be at greater risk of developing retinopathy, according to a new study from a team of French researchers. They found that persistently high levels of blood sugar are a strong indicator of future retinopathy risk.

This is the story of juvenile type 1 diabetes, its far-reaching impacts and what we need to do to defeat the sometimes disastrous effects of the disease. 

he poorest people in the UK are more than twice as likely to have diabetes at any age than the average person, a charity has warned

those with the condition who live in the most deprived homes are also twice as likely to develop complications, Diabetes UK said.

Obesity, lack of exercise, poor diet and smoking are to blame, it added.

One public health expert said efforts to prevent and treat the disease should be targeted at the most vulnerable.

As of 2008, there were 2.5 million people diagnosed with diabetes in the UK.

Numbers have been climbing in recent years due to increased efforts to find people who were unaware they had the condition.

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People with diabetes who were prescribed the cholesterol-lowering drug fenofibrate reduced their risk of minor amputations by 36 per cent, according to new research.

Researchers in Australia, Finland and New Zealand looked at almost 10,000 people aged between 50 and 75 with Type 2 diabetes. About half of them were given fenofibrate while the other half were given placebos.

You can read more at the Diabetes UK website…