People with depression have a 83% greater risk of developing dementia, a study has suggested. Those with both depression and type 2 diabetes had a 117% higher risk, the research
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The poor state of diabetes healthcare in England is leading to avoidable deaths, record rates of complications and huge costs to the NHS, according to a Diabetes UK report. There
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In just four years, there have been over a quarter of a million registrations for the National Patient Safety Suite of online courses. Over 85 Community Trusts, Acute Trusts, Mental
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Professor Cathy Lloyd, from the Faculty of Health and Social Care at the Open University, is leading new research into links between diabetes and depression. INTERPRET-DD (the International Prevalence and
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The UK will fail to meet international commitments on reducing deaths from preventable diseases unless it prioritises the prevention of ill health, a group of leading charities has warned. In
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A new report from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) has revealed that £2.2 million is spent every day on diabetes drugs in primary care – the equivalent
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Diabetes is becoming a “national health emergency”, a charity has warned as figures suggest that hundreds of people are diagnosed with the condition every day in the UK. Diabetes UK
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The NHS is wasting billions of pounds of public money by failing to tackle diabetes early enough, experts have warned. The disease costs the health service nearly £10 billion a
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