Category Archives: Diabetes
Carers Week round-up
Carers Week round-up
How social media is connecting carers
“Sandwich” carers John and Jean Pearson talk about their responsibilities
An estimated 6m people in the UK are carers – giving their own time to help support a friend or relative with a disability, illness or condition.
9 year old has created an online forum to help children with diabetes
Cerys-Anne, nine, from Trowbridge, helps fellow young sufferers
5:00pm Sunday 8th May 2011
To visit Cerys-Anne’s website, go to www.theinsulingang.co.uk.
A nine-year-old Trowbridge girl has created an online forum to help children with diabetes – just 12 weeks after being diagnosed herself.
Cerys-Anne Blake, a pupil at Bellefield Primary School, was diagnosed with type-1 diabetes in January, after being poorly with a chest infection for three weeks and losing weight.
Software helps rural patients manage chronic conditions
Software helps rural patients manage chronic conditions
21 April 2011 | By Stephen Harris
A project using mobile phones to help rural sufferers of chronic diseases manage their conditions has received £1.6m of funding.
Researchers from the UK and India plan to develop mobile-based software that allows patients to monitor their treatment of illnesses such as diabetes and depression while exchanging information with their doctors.
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