New treatments for type 2 diabetes - Volume 21, Issue

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) has become a burden for society, and the incidence of the disease continues to increase. A range of therapies is available to control glycaemia in T2D patients; however, these drugs have undesired side-effects and there is a…

What is the best quality of diabetes care? The Global Diabetes Survey needs your participation - Volume 21, Issue

Adequate quality of diabetes care and the best concept for the implementation of national diabetes plans remains controversial. In September 2011, the United Nations Summit for Non-Communicable Diseases agreed that national plans for prevention and…

The importance of Health Research in Horizon 2020: Diabetes as a model of a chronic disease and the need for sustainable funding - Volume 21, Issue

Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases and is estimated to affect more than 32 million European Union (EU) citizens, which is nearly 10% of the total EU population. An additional 32 million EU citizens are not yet diagnosed or have…

The horror and the pity: Obesity and diabetes - Volume 21, Issue

Something less beguiling for a horror-story addict than the emergence of obesity would be hard to imagine. Start by reading the 27 August 2011 issue of the Lancet. One article predicts that the obesity rate in the UK will make the tremendous leap fro…

Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes - Volume 21, Issue

Genetics and environmental factors in obesity and diabetes: Complex problems, complex solutions - Volume 21, Issue

Over the centuries people have become taller, heavier, and stronger. One of the major reasons for this is the increasing supply of calories in our diets. In earlier times, weight gain was extremely beneficial for health, well-being, and lifespan,…

The Webscout - Volume 21, Issue

Diabetes and Psychology   You all may know that diabetes is a metabolic disease leading to secondary micro- and macrovascular complications, like nephropathy, neuropathy, and cardiovascular diseases. You may also know that these microvascular…

Insulin biosimilars - Volume 28, Issue

Insulin was first purified in 1921 by Frederick Grant Banting and Charles Herbert Best at the University of Toronto. Soon after, the benefits of using insulin to treat diabetes was discovered, the patent was sold to the University of Toronto for $1,…

My First Medical Writing - Volume 28, Issue

In this release of My First Medical Writing, we welcome one of the first articles written by Robin Sachdeva. Robin finished his PhD at Heidelberg University in Germany, and he is passionate about reading and writing about diabetes. Fortunately,…

Instructions for Authors

Instructions for Authors SCOPE Medical Writing, the official journal of EMWA (the European Medical Writers Association), is a quarterly journal that aims to educate, inform, and entertain medical writers. Medical Writing publishes themed issues…