Tag: diabetes

  • Medical Minutes with John Schieszer

    Medical Minutes with John Schieszer

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    Minimising Dental Pain… and Treating Diabetes  Laser Zaps Gum Disease Dentistry is getting a little bit less invasive and less painful. Dentists are now armed with a minimally invasive laser, a tiny laser fibre about the thickness of three human hairs, to treat gum disease. The laser helps regenerate bone…

  • Exercising with Diabetes

    Exercising with Diabetes

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    It is commonly known that diabetes is a huge problem in the UK and worldwide. There are two types of diabetes: Type 1, which is caused by a failure of the pancreas to produce insulin (no one quite knows why); and Type 2, which is common in older people. Lifestyle…