diabetes

Three-month programme in partnership with Mapmydiabetes involving eight patients

VitalityLife is offering customers an upfront discount and annual premium discounts if they monitor and improve their health, as part of two new developments for its protection customers.

The number of people living with diabetes in the UK has exceeded the 4 million mark for the first time, according to figures from Diabetes UK.

Five million people in England have blood sugar levels indicating a high risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, according to a report by Public Health England (PHE).

Virgin Care and East Staffordshire Clinical Comissioning Group have announced a joint partnership called 'Improving Lives.'

Health guidelines such as recommended intakes of salt and recommended exercise are unknown to members of the public, a survey for Nuffield Health has found.

Patients with diabetes are less likely to receive the care and treatments recommended for their condition if they are of working age, Diabetes UK has found.

A third of adults in England are at risk of developing diabetes, according to a new study published in the British Medical Journal.

Helping local authorities to tackle obesity is the focus of a NICE local government public health briefing published today, in a bid to reduce diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancers.

Insurers could be facing an increase in declined claims as the complexity of health problems rises, according to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.