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ISSUE 161
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APRIL 2025
The small Print
With our website and monthly online
magazine we aim to bring diabetesrelated
information to anyone who
wishes to read it. Our editorial sections
presently include kit, news, food news
and features. As far as kit is concerned,
we produce listings so you can then
choose what's best for your own
diabetes care. We are not necessarily
recommending products but bringing
you information about them.
We include global news stories with
a local focus on the UK and Irish
markets. Sources are supplied as often
as possible so you can go back and
read the original or fuller reports.
Features are on any and all aspects of
living with diabetes. We tend to focus
on new products and technological
advancements. Sometimes features
are themed specifically for T1D or for
T2D; you can pick what you want to
read about.
Adverts are supplied by advertisers
and we do not implicitly endorse the
suppliers or products involved. If an
item is sponsored, such as the feature
or news sections, then it is written
by Desang with advertising banners
associated with the sponsor; the
sponsor does not have full editorial
control but they do have input.
Advertorial is stated as such - it
will say 'advertisement promotion'
and may look like the rest of the
magazine's design but it is written
in collaboration with the advertiser.
They get their message across but
with advice and input from Desang's
writers and editors.
Trademark and Copyright symbols
are not included in editorial coverage,
only within adverts. These marks are
not necessarily of interest to readers
and impede the reading experience. If
we included them for every product
covered the pages would be a very
unappealing to read.
We aim to bring you information, but
it's your diabetes. Talk to your medical
team if you have further questions or
concerns. While we report on products
such as supplements or glycaemic
index and carb-counting as part of
diet, it is your responsibility to find out
more if you need to.
We include coverage of all sorts of
foods - soft drinks, chocolate, booze -
as these are part of normal life. We are
not encouraging consumption of these
items, we are bringing you information
about them. You choose what you eat.
We'd include soft drinks as they can
come in handy for treating a hypo, not
necessarily as part of a diabetic diet.
Susannah Hickling is a health writer with a particular
interest in diabetes. She previously worked at Diabetes UK.
www.susannahhickling.com
Julia Britten is an experienced graphic designer.
www.jbsprint.co.uk
James Anstee is a marketing consultant specialising in
social media creation via his business Content 4 Social:
www.contact4social.com
This issue feels a little heavy,
as a few topics are tough
ones, about people feeling
stigma, shame or simply
experiencing a build-up of comments
from people who do not know what
it's like to actually live with diabetes,
day after day after day. One cupcake
won't kill you. Should you be eating
that. You did this to yourself. We all
know the song-sheet.
A new video from Abbott goes
beyond just promoting a product,
aiming to explain how it feels to
have everyone around you - often
'meaning well', in fact turns into a
critic, and an ignorant one at that.
If you never get any good news or
encouragement from your doctor,
will you keep up with appointments?
Research says not. No surprise there.
See more about careless comments
on p14.
As for stigma, similarly while
it sounds horrid, it's only by
understanding what is going on and
how its making people feel, that it
can be addressed. At least that is
the hope of a survey being run by
Imperial College London. Why not
sign up and see if you can help to
move that research forward?
News - Dexcom G7 now in the UK
pairing with Omnipod 5. Glooko
boasts not one but two new
partnerships, expanding the systems
reach even further, this time with
insulin pens and dosing calculator
apps. We also look at current
regulatory guidance as well as how
medical devices get classified as
being safe to use. In the USA, Tandem
gets FDA nod to offer its insulin pump
systems to Type 2s.
Then there's our regular Food
section, from celebrating Holi with
festival food, to Asian-flavoured
crisps, a new water brand and a nsue.marshall@desang.netsueund up with Making
Carbs Count - this time about the
glory of the simple oat as both a
classic breakfast food but also as
more of a savoury staple than you
may have expected or experienced. I
hope you enjoy this issue!
sue.marshall@desang.netSue Marshall