Type 1 Diabetes app - iPhone and iPad apps from the BMJ Group - Best Health
If you have diabetes, you face lots of decisions about your treatment. To take control of your condition, you need information you can rely on. With up-to-date, reliable, plain English information from the Best Health diabetes app, you'll be able to get the most out of a doctor's appointment and make the most informed choices about your care.
The Best Health type 1 diabetes app from the BMJ Group answers the key questions:
What is type 1 diabetes?
What are the symptoms of type 1 diabetes?
How do doctors diagnose diabetes?
What treatments work for type 1 diabetes?
How common is diabetes?
What causes diabetes?
What will happen to me?
The app also suggests questions to raise with your doctor.
With so many apps and websites offering conflicting information about health, it's difficult to know who to trust. The Best Health apps are produced by the internationally respected BMJ Group, publisher of the British Medical Journal, and have been awarded the Department of Health's Information Standard quality mark. They're based on the same high-quality medical research that doctors rely on, and are regularly updated.
The app explains medical terms in plain English – we've been awarded the Plain English Campaign's Crystal Mark. You can use the app to help you manage your diabetes and keep it under control.
The app includes information on:
Hyperglycaemia and hypoglycaemia
Healthy living
Checking your blood glucose
Eye problems in diabetes
Heart and blood problems in diabetes
How your body controls your blood glucose levels
Infections in diabetes
Kidney problems in diabetes
Nerve damage in diabetes
Yearly check-up for diabetes.
