Blog explores diabetes link
November is World Diabetes Month, and our membership is joining the campaign for better awareness, especially around the WHO’s November 14 day of action.
The campaign aims to highlight the importance of symptom recognition and urgent blood testing for pre-diabetes should those symptoms manifest themselves.
And typical of the BIDA response is Dr Anita Sharma’s call to ensure endometriosis sufferers are placed at the head of the queue in that process.
Our Women’s Healthcare Forum Chair has accessed research showing that so-called endo warriors have a 46% greater chance of contracting the Type Two version.
Dr Anita blogs about this subject in a piece now posted on our BLOGS page and originally used on the www.endometriosisawarenessnorth.com site.
Questions answered on cancer risk
Manchester Consultant Dr Gaity Ahmad joined our women’s healthcare forum chair on a myth-busting podcast on endometriosis.
Created by Dr Anita Sharma, Endo Unfiltered is a series which attempts to tackle the issues already anxious sufferers of endometriosis have.
And the latest edition went straight-on to dismiss myths linking the condition to cancer.
You can listen in at: https://endometriosisawarenessnorth.com/podcasts-page
Now on its fourth episode, Endo Unfiltered has discussed issues such as fertility and the impact living with endometriosis can have on a young person.
Beginning with a full exposé of the condition in episode one, future topics will include medics and endometriosis and the role men as fathers, sons, brothers, husbands, and decisionmakers can take in raising awareness.
We thank our members for giving of their own time to take the lead on combatting health inequalities and doing so much for community care.
An effective diabetes and heart failure treatement?
It being Diabetes Awareness Month in countries across the globe, we thought now might be the time to flag up an article in our latest journal - on Finerenone https://tinyurl.com/n74mxfa9
A non-steroid mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist, this is an oral medication blocking overactivation of the mineralocorticoid receptor, which can otherwise cause inflammation and fibrosis in the kidneys, heart, and blood vessels.
It has proved successful in the treatment of Type One and Two diabetes, but our article focuses firmly on its use in beating other conditions.
Heart failure is a clinical syndrome arising from structural and functional cardiac abnormalities. Around 900,000 people in the UK are affected by it and ten-year survival rates are below 25%.
Visit our BIDA Journal page for this fascinating piece and discover how you might contribute to the publication.
Speaker's corner
Pictures of those who took to the podium at our BIDA National Conference have now been posted at BIDACONFERENCEPICTURES
You will also have noticed a series of articles on both our news page and that of other organisations including the National Forum for Wellbeing (https://nfhw.org.uk/) and Endometriosis Awareness North – go to https://endometriosisawarenessnorth.com/
There are still a couple of stories to come from us too, which include reports on a CESR slot and an appraisal/revalidation breakout session.
Our Mission
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The comfort of financial security
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The Wealth Management company give our membership sound investment and other monetary advice to enable them – and their families – to have a sound financial future.
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From the President
Watch a message from our President on the 50-year-anniversary of BIDA and why we are founded on a philosophy of “friendship, dignity, respect and service above oneself.” https://www.youtube.com/shorts/C1HVB3oy2e8