60% of people in the UK have trouble finding nutritional information when dining out

Diabetes UK has recently called on the out-of-home sector to recognise their responsibility to help consumers eat more healthily. A survey commissioned by the charity found over half of UK adults struggle to find information on nutritional contents of food brought from restaurants, cafes and takeaways. With half of respondents (49%) reporting they eat dinner

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AZ initiate trials for using diabetes drug in kidney disease and heart failure

AstraZeneca has launched two new trials with its SGLT-2 inhibitor Forxiga with the aim of exploring its potential beyond the drug’s approved diabetes indication. AZ have initiated two randomised, placebo-controlled Phase IIIb outcome trials assessing Forxiga in the management of chronic kidney disease and chronic heart failure, within participants with and without type-2 diabetes. The

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