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Too much blood sugar

If your body isn't making any insulin, or isn't making enough, then your body can't convert blood sugar - glucose - into fuel for your body's cells. This condition is diabetes, and it's a growing problem in the UK.

In Diabetes

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About diabetes

The symptoms and causes in layperson's terms
Glucose test

Living with diabetes

Proactively maintaining a healthy lifestyle
Man administering insulin

Treating diabetes

Managing diabetes and keeping it under control
Lab researcher

Research into diabetes

How will medical developments change diabetes treatment?
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Useful contacts

A list of support groups and organisations

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