To provide an update on five recent key developments in diabetes:
1. A Cochrane review into the risks and benefits of intensive glycaemic control
2. The 2012 NICE guidance on preventing type 2 diabetes
3. Research on polypharmacy in patients with type 2 diabetes living in care homes
4. Guidance on the risk of new-onset diabetes in patients taking a statin
5. The effect of bariatric surgery on diabetes control and possible remission