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An international study of older adults has found that mass, untargeted provision of vitamin D supplements provides little clinical benefit to many when it comes to the common bone disease, osteoporosis.

New research led by the Cicely Saunders Institute at King's College London concludes that healthcare professionals must make changes to their practice to improve the care experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) people with terminal illnesses. 

BAME patients are under-represented in randomised controlled trials, despite being more susceptible to and have a higher incidence to type 2 diabetes compared to the wider population, new research has found.

A review of the latest clinical trial data from the American Diabetes Association's 76th Scientific Sessions in New Orleans, USA.

The older patient with diabetes is more prone to having hypoglycaemia, especially when glucose lowering drugs are used. Yet the International Diabetes Federation estimates that over half the population of people with diabetes do not know that they have it.

Individuals with type 2 diabetes are at increased risk for a number of cancers, but older men with type 2 diabetes have a reduced risk of prostate cancer, according to a retrospective, population-based cohort study.

New data supporting a fixed-ratio combination of insulin glargine and lixisenatide was presented at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) Annual Meeting in Munich, Germany.

A review of the latest clinical trial data from the American Diabetes Association's 76th Scientific Sessions in New Orleans, USA.

A review of the latest clinical trial data from the American Diabetes Association's 76th Scientific Sessions in New Orleans, USA.

Life expectancy of 20-year-olds starting treatment for HIV has increased by around a decade in the EU and North America since the introduction of antiretroviral therapy in the mid-1990s, according to a study published in The Lancet HIV.

A review of the latest clinical trial data from the American Diabetes Association's 76th Scientific Sessions in New Orleans, USA.

Type 1 diabetes accounts for about 10% of all adults with diabetes. It can only be treated successfully by replacing the insulin deficiency. The presenting features of type 1 diabetes are those of hyperglycaemia and insulin deficiency.

A review of the latest data presented at the 16th Annual Diabetes Technology Meeting in Bethesda, US.

A review of the latest clinical trial data from the American Diabetes Association's 76th Scientific Sessions in New Orleans, USA.