Diabetes
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......
Diabetes tops the agenda this World Health Day
About 422 million people around the world have diabetes and it’s likely even more go undiagnosed, according to a report......
Health and services van to tackle Indigenous diabetes-related blindness
A new $5 million campaign targeting diabetes-related blindness in Aboriginal communities is beginning in Queensland today and is set to......
Diabetes sufferers don’t want to all be in one basket
More than one million Australians now suffer from Type 2 diabetes and it’s a topic that gets a lot of......
Study: most Aussies ‘complacent’ about diabetes
Nearly 100,000 Australians develop diabetes each year, yet nearly 80 per cent don’t think they’re at risk. For Diabetes Week......
Marching for a Cure
Type 1 diabetes is a Maverick disease that strikes anyone of any age through no fault of their own. Eliza......
Diabetes D Day
A worldwide campaign to raise awareness for diabetes is hoping to start conversation about one of the world’s most prominent......