One in Six Billion

Episode 8: Carsyn Underwood, Karla Underwood, Donna Taylor and Tim McDonald. Early correct treatment is excellent! How can we treat everyone early?

March 05, 2024 Andrew Hattersley and Maggie Shepherd Season 1 Episode 8
Episode 8: Carsyn Underwood, Karla Underwood, Donna Taylor and Tim McDonald. Early correct treatment is excellent! How can we treat everyone early?
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One in Six Billion
Episode 8: Carsyn Underwood, Karla Underwood, Donna Taylor and Tim McDonald. Early correct treatment is excellent! How can we treat everyone early?
Mar 05, 2024 Season 1 Episode 8
Andrew Hattersley and Maggie Shepherd

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In this episode, Maggie and Andrew start by talking to Carsyn Underwood and her mums Karla and Donna about Carsyn’s diagnosis of neonatal diabetes and how she got the right treatment very early and had an the excellent outcome as a result,.  

They go on to talk to Professor Tim McDonald, a top NHS laboratory scientist, who has been researching into how we can make sure everyone is diagnosed early by developing universal screening for neonatal diabetes in the first week of life.

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In this episode, Maggie and Andrew start by talking to Carsyn Underwood and her mums Karla and Donna about Carsyn’s diagnosis of neonatal diabetes and how she got the right treatment very early and had an the excellent outcome as a result,.  

They go on to talk to Professor Tim McDonald, a top NHS laboratory scientist, who has been researching into how we can make sure everyone is diagnosed early by developing universal screening for neonatal diabetes in the first week of life.