Leicester researchers have used a unique screening approach to suggest that nearly a third of people with type 2 diabetes may be putting their health at risk because they are not taking their medications correctly.

Starting April 30th, researchers from Leicester Diabetes Centre will be joining residents of Oadby and Wigston to discuss healthy lifestyles and join in a fun, free, diabetes friendly Bollywood dance class.

Professor Melanie Davies from Leicester Diabetes Centre co-chairs expert panel behind new recommendations.

A video featuring the personal experiences of men with prostate cancer will be showcased in Leicester at an event to raise awareness of the disease among African Caribbean men.

The Effective Diabetes Education Now (EDEN) team has been named the winner of a major prize at an annual award ceremony.

Alan (66) from Barlestone, Leicestershire, has recently completed the SEESAW trial at the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) – a partnership between Leicester’s Hospitals, the University of Leicester and Loughborough University.

The EDEN education team has visited Gibraltar to deliver bespoke diabetes training and updates to over 70 healthcare professionals based on the Rock. These HCPs included healthcare assistants, ambulance staff, qualified nurses, and doctors, consultants and GPs. 

A team of professional cyclists all made up of people with diabetes visited the Leicester Diabetes Centre as part of a nationwide tour to raise awareness of the condition. 

Expertise in preventing and treating Type 2 diabetes developed in Leicester will be used in Singapore’s “war on diabetes”.

Two of Leicester Diabetes Centre’s projects have been highlighted as exemplar case studies by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network (CRN).

The translation of a tool to help people find out their risk of developing Type 2 diabetes has been described by a leading diabetes professor as a “breakthrough”

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.