Diabetes
Indigenous people fighting Diabetes
Markers of diabetes management have been deteriorating during the COVID-19 pandemic as lockdowns and social distancing measures discourage people from......
New model-of-care improves Type 2 Diabetes outcomes for remote Indigenous communities
Markers of diabetes management have been deteriorating during the COVID-19 pandemic as lockdowns and social distancing measures discourage people from......
COVID Risk for Diabetics
For many it seems like the pandemic will never end. Curfews, closed facilities and distancing have become part of daily......
Diabetes is on the rise worldwide: National Diabetes week
The National Diabetes Week will kick off on the 12 July, raising awareness about diabetes, how to prevent it and......
$6 Million Dollar Diabetes Relief for Indigenous Australians
The Federal Government are handing out a grant of $6 Million Dollars to the South Australian Health and Medical Research......
Diabetes and an increasing Indigenous population
The Australian Bureau of Statistics shows the projected Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population to be over one million people......
One person diagnosed with diabetes every 5 minutes in Australia
Gestational diabetes affects nearly one in five women with half of the women affected going on to develop type 2......
Scurvy revival in diabetic community
Scurvy is often associated with Sailors and Pirates from a bygone era, but it’s now popping up at a Sydney Hospital. Up to six......
Federal Government cuts subsidy for diabetics
On July 1st the government stopped subsiding glucose test strips for people with type two diabetes who are not insulin......
Diabetes the second biggest killer in Indigenous communities
Diabetes affects more than one million Australians. Diabetes is the second biggest biggest killer among Indigenous Australians. One in twenty non-Indigenous......