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ISSUE 163
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EARLY JUNE 2025
The small Print
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We'd include soft drinks as they can
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Susannah Hickling is a health writer with a particular
interest in diabetes. She previously worked at Diabetes UK.
www.susannahhickling.com
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Well, there is no
shortage of news,
though it is all rather
on a 'look to the
future' front, there's not a lot that will
directly affect anyone in the short
term. For example, a pump with oneyear
sensor is to debut in the US soon.
There is ongoing research on the
benefits and risks for Tirzepetide for
T1D and obesity. There's a return to
that old chestnut, inhaled insulin, with
some interesting progress on how it's
delivered and how effective it is.
There's been a jaw-dropping
£100m historic pledge to end T1D,
with Diabetes UK and Breakthrough
T1D in the US being recipients.
There's also Breakthrough T1D UK's
new 10-year strategy to read.
In terms of what I would call the
'big players' there is a lot of quite
major news. Medtronic is the main
mover. First, in a first, the company
has announced a partnership with
Abbott. However, it's also announced
that it will be divesting its diabetes
business into a new, standalone unit.
We'll have to see how that develops.
In more KIT news, CamAPS is now
available on Apple's iOS platform in
the UK. We also have a My Diabetes
Kit interview with Rob Hewlett, who
had a somewhat dramatic (and even
traumatic) experience before getting
diagnosed.
We follow up on our feature from
the last issue on being a guinea pig,
with regards to taking part in trials.
In fact, part of the interview with Rob
Hewlett is about his taking part in no
less than three trials.
For some respite from all that
diabetes news, there's our food
section, with a very yummy and
indulgent look at the great cheese
toastie, here done two ways, one
more British, the other with a Frensue.marshall@desang.netsueking Carbs Count
we take a look at vegetables that
take us from spring-to-summer like
spring onions, spring greens, chard
and summer squash. Our recipe for
this issue is baked summer squash (or
what we'd probably call courgettes).
sue.marshall@desang.netSue Marshall