NIHR CLAHRC-EM — News Blog — Leicester Diabetes Centre

NEWS: Professor Kamlesh Khunti helps combat worldwide diabetes-related chronic kidney disease

Professor Kamlesh Khunti aims to improve global outcomes for diabetes-related complication; chronic kidney disease (CKD)

African Caribbean men help to spread prostate cancer message in Leicestershire

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.

Michael BonarOctober 4, 2018Diabetes, Leicester, Centre for BME Health, Prostate Cancer, NIHR CLAHRC-EM, BME, Risk

Diabetes risk score translation “a breakthrough in support to the South Asian community”

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”

Michael BonarFebruary 1, 2017Risk, Diabetes, Screening, South Asian, NIHR CLAHRC-EM, Kamlesh Khunti

Education’s ‘power’ to prevent Type 2 diabetes

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.

Michael BonarAugust 1, 2016Risk, Diabetes, Education, NIHR, NIHR CLAHRC-EM

Chronic conditions rise in older people

The number of older people in England living with more than one chronic condition could have risen by ten per cent in the last decade putting increasing pressure on the NHS, new research has suggested.

Michael BonarFebruary 25, 2016Diabetes, Chronic condition, Older, NIHR Leicester BRC, NIHR CLAHRC-EM