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Do you ever feel burning, tingling or numbness in your feet and toes? The American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (ACFAS) warns against ignoring these symptoms. They could be a warning sign of diabetes. Foot and ankle surgeons say those symptoms may be caused by a condition called diabetic peripheral neuropathy, or nerve damage.

Reuters - Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk A/S is turning to stem cells in the hunt for a cure for diabetes.

A panel of experts convened by the American diabetes Association and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes has issued updated treatment recommendations for type 2 diabetes, in a consensus statement being published online today in the journals Diabetes Care and Diabetologia.

Reuters - School nurses can help older children and adolescents with poorly controlled type 1, or "insulin dependent," diabetes better manage their blood sugar during the school day, research suggests.

World diabetes Day is on 14 November this year highlighting that diabetes is on the increase and to create awareness and help reduce figures from growing larger.

World diabetes Day is on 14 November this year highlighting that diabetes is on the increase and to create awareness to aid prevention of figures growing larger. To help prevent diabetes becoming a burden to the NHS resources in the future, new research projects commissioned by the National Institute for health Research's Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) programme will evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of different screening tests used in diabetic eye care.

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