Tight glycaemic control is essential for reducing the risk of long-term diabetic complications in people with type I or II diabetes. Intensive blood-glucose control attempts to normalise both pre- and ...

Hypoglycaemia is one of the most common adverse effects of intensive glucose control and represents one of the biggest concerns for health-care professionals and patients. Repeated hypoglycaemic ...

Hypoglycaemia refers to a condition where the blood sugar (glucose) levels drop below the normal range. Glucose is the body's primary source of energy, and maintaining stable blood sugar levels is ...

How are severe and non-severe hypoglycaemic episodes defined? Hypoglycaemia is the term used to describe a lower than normal blood sugar level. There are a number of things that actually need to be ...

So-called 'smart' insulin took a step nearer to becoming a reality with a new study from Denmark, the United Kingdom, and the Czech Republic. Researchers reported in Nature that animal tests with an ...

New research being presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Hamburg, Germany (2-6 Oct) has found that severe hypoglycaemia is more than twice as ...

12:01, Mon, Mar 6, 2017 Updated: 12:23, Mon, Mar 6, 2017 A common cause of hypoglycaemia is taking too much insulin which is a medication which helps control blood sugar levels. Insulin is commonly ...

Novo Nordisk's Tresiba has been found to be efficient in treating diabetes compared to other basal insulins. New data from Novo Nordisk has shown that people with type I or type II diabetes who were ...

Food insecurity is a major issue for everyone, but for diabetics, there is the added risk that it could lead to hypoglycaemia. According to new research, hypoglycaemia is twice as common among those ...

Indiana clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, MBX Biosciences, has announced positive topline data from a Phase I trial of its glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1RA) aimed at treating ...

New research shows that preventing in-patients with diabetes from developing hypoglycaemia could dramatically reduce the length of time they spend in hospital, and reduce mortality rates. Preventing ...

Hypoglycaemia - or a hypo - occurs when a person's blood sugar level drops too low. It mainly affects diabetics, particularly if they take insulin. If you have a device to check your blood sugar level ...