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PARIS, France | (AFP) – Tennis world No.2 Alexander Zverev has launched a charity to raise awareness of type 1 diabetes, a condition the 25-year-old recently revealed he has been suffering from. The 6ft 5in (1.98m) German said he had tried to hide his diabetes when younger and that the ‘Alexander Zverev Foundation’ would help young people to avoid fixing limits on themselves due to the condition. “As a type 1 diabetic myself, I want […]
by Pauline FROISSART Agence France Presse LONDON, United States (AFP) — Diabetics and insulin providers in Britain are stockpiling the precious medicine to avoid potential shortages in case Britain leaves the European Union without a deal in just over month’s time. “I started about two months ago,” David Burns, a 37-year-old teacher living in London, told AFP. “I used to pick up insulin once a month. Now I’m picking it up about once every two […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (Reuters) — A foot-temperature monitoring system could help detect when diabetic patients are developing foot ulcers, a common complication that can lead to infections and amputations. Diabetic foot ulcers typically develop on the bottom of the big toe or the ball of the foot, often when people wear ill-fitting shoes. Patients with diabetes frequently have nerve damage that limits their ability to feel pain, and as a result they don’t notice developing […]
