British doctors ask diabetes patients to have a date with them

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Bani Thakur

One of the most serious diseases, diabetes, is not easily diagnosed as it is a silent killer. In order to get treated as soon as possible, people in the UK have been urged to come forward to participate with doctors undertaking research for better diabete

ONE OF the most rapidly growing lifestyle diseases is yet to have a cure. Diabetes mellitus is a growing problem among people of the urban world as this is primarily a lifestyle problem and yet modern medicine has not found a way to control it and cure is yet to be discovered. In an attempt to find a cure, researchers in the United Kingdom are asking people to join them in research so that clinical trial can be held for the disease. According to researchers around 30 percent of cancer patients appear for trails but the number is only 1 percent for those suffering from diabetes.

According to a study reported in the BBC there is a lack of awareness of the disease and as many as 800,000 people who have this disease are not aware of it. In order to make people aware of the disease and also to get patients for clinical trial, three regions in England have been chosen to pilot a scheme that aims to offer 25,000 patients, with any form of diabetes, the chance to take part in clinical trials or other forms of research.

Prof Martin Gibson, from the Diabetes Research Network at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust said that such pilot test are crucial in order for the medical world to actually come up with a cure or better treatment. He also said that the whole scenario is like a dating arena whereby people and doctors would come together for a mutual cause.