Charity and Voluntary Sector
DUK: Research funded by Diabetes UK has successfully demonstrated the potential of an artificial pancreas in pregnant women with Type 1 diabetes. It is hoped the development could drastically reduce cases of stillbirth & mortality rates among pregnant women with the condition. (See press release for details)
BHF: The British Heart Foundation are working with UK towns & cities to get communities heart healthy. Heart Towns & Heart Cities benefit from their wide range of resources and education programmes. They will also be hosting all kinds of events & activities over the year (such as a Heart Town ride, walk or run to unite the community for one day and fundraise for the BHF Mending Broken Hearts Appeal). You can search their map to find out what's happening in your area.
BHF: The British Heart Foundation are launching a new series of bike rides that will ‘take you from city to sea’. Each one promises to follow in the footsteps of our legendary London to Brighton event, and help raise vital funds for the Mending Broken Hearts Appeal. BHF need to spend £50m to fund the
Press release ~ Find out more and sign up for London to Gibraltar ride ~ Be first to know when registration opens for other rides
DUK: Over 70,000 people have now taken part in the Diabetes UK online Diabetes Risk Score to see if they are at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. However it is estimated there are still 850,000 people who have Type 2 diabetes and but don’t know it, so Diabetes UK is urging more people to take part to see if they are at risk of developing the condition.
CRUK: The lifetime risk of getting breast cancer has risen from one woman in nine to one in eight – according to Cancer Research UK. The biggest rise in rates was among women aged between 50 and 69 where cases increased by more than 6% in the same 10 year period.
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