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The Scottish Government has launched a new medical scheme to help the country’s diabetes suffers. Diabetic patients are to receive regular foot checks and care in the CPR for Feet scheme, in order to reduce the need for diabetes-related…

Residents of Jersey eat too much junk food and don’t do enough exercise. This is according to wellness experts, who note that the number of people with diabetes in Jersey has more than doubled in the past decade, and these two lifestyle…

One of the health risks associated with diabetes is amputation and the disease, a disorder of the blood that causes high blood glucose levels, is one of the leading causes of amputation of lower limbs. This is because a complication of the…

Diabetes is a condition which is on the rise. It has become an epidemic hand in hand with obesity which is one of the leading causes of type two diabetes. One of the most dangerous things about this disease is that it’s almost invisible…

Diabetes UK has launched its Putting Feet First Campaign, aiming to cut the number of amputations among diabetes patients. Complicated related to diabetes lead to the amputation of a lower limb every 30 seconds worldwide, where around 366…

When you have diabetes, there is a huge risk of foot complications which can lead to further harm to your wellbeing through a need for amputation. In fact, worldwide someone has an amputation every 30 seconds but according to a new study at…