Diabetes Week 2016: #facesofdiabetes, Diabetes Heroes and Dr David Cavan Q&A |
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Sunday marked the beginning of the annual Diabetes Week, which runs until Saturday June 18, and this year’s theme is about setting the record straight about diabetes.
As part of our #facesofdiabetes campaign, we are asking you to upload your photo, and show the world what diabetes really looks like. Take a look at our Faces of Diabetes 2016 photo album here.
Throughout the week, we’ll be posting a series of videos aimed at tackling some diabetes myths. In our first video, we asked is diabetes only treated by insulin injection?
One man who helped change the way type 2 diabetes was viewed is Dr David Cavan, author of Reverse Your Diabetes: The Step-by-Step Plan to Take Control of Type 2 Diabetes.
On Thursday June 16, Diabetes.co.uk will be holding a live Q&A with Dr Cavan between 7pm-8pm (1900-2000). You can either post questions in advance on the Diabetes Forum, or post them to our Facebook and Twitter pages.
Dr Cavan’s research also involved the intensive management of type 1 diabetes using multiple injections and pump therapy, and the development of self-management education programmes, such as BERTIE (for people with type 1 diabetes) and the BDEC e-learning programme.
To commemorate Diabetes Week, we wrote about 5 diabetes heroes of 2016 who have achieved impressive accomplishments within various aspects of diabetes management. One of these was Dr David Unwin, who became the first GP to be named the NHS Innovator of the Year.
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