New diabetes service connects country GPs with specialist care
This content is part of a paid partnership with Diabetes WA. Rural GPs can now access specialist endocrinology...
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The might and magic of medications for Type 2 diabetes management
As another new year begins, we can reflect on the ingenuity of the past. Early in the 19th century, Royal Artillery surgeon John Rollo first used the term ‘diabetes mellitus’ to describe the excessive production of sweet urine by a “large corpulent person”. Read More...
What kills Australians?
Coronary heart disease was a factor in one in five deaths in Australians in 2022, according to new data. Read More...
Heart benefits from weight loss drug
People taking the drug semaglutide not only lost around 10% of their body weight but had cardiovascular benefits irrespective of their starting weight or the amount of weight lost, according to research. Read More...
Optical sensor for diabetes
For decades, people with diabetes have relied on finger pricks to withdraw blood or adhesive microneedles to manage their glucose levels but thanks to an invention, that could all change. Read More...
Mums’ diabetes affects their babies
Researchers from Edith Cowan University have found that intrauterine exposure to diabetes could be a crucial factor in a baby’s development. Read More...
New Aussie guidelines for diabetes foot disease
Diabetes Feet Australia, a division of the Australian Diabetes Society, has developed new evidence-based guidelines for the prevention and management of diabetes-related foot disease. Read More...
Stop diabetes stigma
Diabetes WA’s rallying cry for National Diabetes Week (9-15 July) is to change the conversation around the condition to reducing stigma and shame some sufferers felt. Read More...