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Diabetes numbers soar, complications rampant

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On World Diabetes Day, health groups warned diabetes was widespread, citing about 930,000 cases in Portugal, 800,000 in Austria, and a survey showed 60% of type 2 patients had complications.

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The treatment of type 1 diabetes is entering a transformative era.

In a Review, Anette-Gabriele Ziegler & colleagues explores three paradigm-shifting developments poised to transform type 1 diabetes treatment: spkl.io/63328Ab7Ay #WorldDiabetesDay
November 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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People with diabetes can face many challenges in the workplace.

On #WorldDiabetesDay, an Editorial in @thelancetendo.bsky.social explores how employers and employees can foster supportive, health-promoting workplaces that empower people with diabetes: spkl.io/63322Aj3Xj
November 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Although obesity & a sedentary lifestyle are considerable contributors, research over the last 25 years has shown that type 2 #diabetes develops on a predisposing #genetic background, with family & twin studies indicating considerable heritability www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Dissection of type 2 diabetes: a genetic perspective
Diabetes is a leading cause of global mortality and disability, and its economic burden is substantial. This Review focuses on type 2 diabetes, which makes up 90–95% of all diabetes cases. Type 2 diab...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Today, World Diabetes Day 2025, is a wake-up call to both employers and employees to create workplaces that empower people with #diabetes to thrive and promote health as a key part of work and life www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Diabetes support at work: an unmet need
According to the latest edition of the IDF Diabetes Atlas, 589 million people around the world were living with diabetes in 2024, with 70% being of working age. People with diabetes face many challeng...
www.thelancet.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:44 AM

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#WorldDiabetesDay | November 14
Diabetes and kidney disease are deeply connected—and both are rising global health challenges.
💙 589M people live with diabetes
💙 840M with CKD
💙 4 in 10 with diabetes have kidney disease
💙 90% die of heart disease before kidney failure
November 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Most #diabetes guidelines focus on improving glycaemia through addition of medications, but few address strategies to reduce medication burden for older adults—a concept known as deprescribing www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #T1D #T2D #olderadults
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Realigning diabetes regimens in older adults: a 4S Pathway to guide simplification and deprescribing strategies
Treating older people with diabetes is challenging due to multiple medical comorbidities that might interfere with patients' ability to perform self-care. Most diabetes guidelines focus on improving g...
www.thelancet.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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1a/🌞Hello everyone, welcome to the #WorldDiabetesDay #skeetorial on behalf of @theisn.org @who.int
⁉️Let us begin with a quiz
🎊Do you know the theme of World Diabetes Day 2025?
a/ Breaking barriers, bridging gaps
b/ Family and diabetes
c/ Access to diabetes care
d/ Diabetes across life stages
November 14, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Marking World Diabetes Day, a call to invest in prevention as smart productivity strategy – Croakey Health Media www.croakey.org/marking-worl...
November 14, 2025 at 1:22 AM

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Today is #WorldDiabetesDay. In the Middle Ages, Ibn Sina (Avicenna) gave an account of diabetes mellitus in his Canon of Medicine. He described a number of clinical features relating to diabetes, most notably the sweetness of the urine produced by diabetic patients
November 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM