Around ten per cent of the Isle of Wight population are living with diabetes
Diabetes Group IOW provides support and information to people with diabetes; being a platform for discussion and raising awareness of diabetes on the Island.
Their mission is to encourage people with all types of diabetes to enhance their enjoyment of life.
They also campaign for excellence in the care of people with diabetes and provide a voice for them to be heard.
On their Website, you’ll find lots of invaluable information about living with diabetes, recommendations and details of upcoming meetings.
Remarkable medical discovery
Recent talks have included the history of insulin and its uses and advances over the last one hundred years by Dr Victor Lawrence (pictured below), who is a Consultant Physician in Endocrinology and Diabetes Mellitus at St Mary’s Hospital.
The event gave people with diabetes, those who care about someone with diabetes, or anyone with an interest in Insulin the opportunity to find out about this remarkable medical discovery and its uses over the decades.
Dr Lawrence also shared details of advances in treatments for diabetes.
Discovery has saved thousands of lives
In 1921, a team of Canadian researchers discovered insulin and ignited a century of ground-breaking innovations in diabetes care that have since saved thousands of lives.
Today, we are fortunate to have better medicines than ever, yet the number of people living with diabetes continues to grow at an alarming rate, placing a substantial burden on individuals, families and our healthcare system.
This talk was part of the group’s year-long celebrations in the centenary year since the discovery of insulin.
Find out more
For information about the Diabetes Group IOW’s activities, please visit the Website or like the Facebook page ‘Diabetes Group IOW’.
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