University of Leicester, Leicester’s hospitals and Loughborough University receive £11m funding for NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre. 

The Leicester Diabetes Centre has been praised at a prestigious national awards ceremony.

A leading Type 2 diabetes expert from Leicester has welcomed new research calling for sedentary office workers to exercise for an at least an hour a day to stave off the risks from modern lifestyles.

People at high risk of developing Type 2 diabetes can reduce their chances of getting the condition by more than 80 per cent by fully completing a new education programme, an NIHR-supported study has found. 

Those considered to be at greatest risk of developing Type 2 diabetes across Leicestershire are set to benefit from increased help to avoid the disease. 

People who have their stomach size surgically reduced move around more and easier after weight loss surgery, a study has found.

A method for assessing people’s chances of having or developing Type 2 diabetes created by Leicester researchers has reached a major milestone. 

The number of older people in England living with more than one chronic condition could have risen by ten per cent in the last decade putting increasing pressure on the NHS, new research has suggested.

A good night’s sleep is “important” in preventing and managing Type 2 diabetes, a paper has found.