There is plenty of news in this issue covering the last two months, with insights and updates. Are skinny jabs making bariatric surgery obsolete? Clinicians’ attitudes and behaviour towards patients with obesity are coming under scrutiny. Ozempic slows CKD in T2D; CGM cuts hospitalisation in T2D; in the US, the FDA clears one-year CGM – plus CGMs in space!
Also included is a brief overview of the recent Diabetes Research and Wellness event, United Through Diabetes. Meanwhile, a report calls for a pharmacy-led national diabetes screening service in order to improve early diagnosis rates and improve long-term outcomes (and save the NHS money).
Pete Davies shares tales about his diabetes kit over the 67 years he has had Type 1 diabetes, from 28mm steel needles to CGM. It’s quite a story. He is also joining others to undertake a mountain trek up Jebl Toubkal in Morocco during October 2024. Here he shares the plan, the training and the ambitious hope for his 70th birthday to be celebrated at the summit!
A revamped and improved NeedleBay product seeks to make injecting simpler and safer, and a new combination in the UK with Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre 2 ‘talking’ to Insulet’s tubeless Omnipod 5 insulin pump.
In the Food News section, Bonne Maman ventures into real-fruit yoghurt. There’s healthy pasta pots from Pasta Nostra. Plus, find freezer nacho nuggets from Quorn. Take a look at a useful book, Coastal Café Guide. There’s info and a recipe on a new cookbook, Sian’s Kitchen, Caribbean Comfort Food.
Greek chef Irini Tzortzoglou introduced her great taste paste, with a spiced cauliflower recipe. At the back of the magazine, in Making Carbs Count, May Knight looks at autumn berries, with a berry oat crumble recipe.