Professor Claire Collins from the University of Newcastle is evaluating a type 2 diabetes prevention program for women previously diagnosed with gestational diabetes in the Hunter region supported by Diabetes Australia.
Professor Claire Collins from the University of Newcastle is evaluating a type 2 diabetes prevention program for women previously diagnosed with gestational diabetes in the Hunter region supported by Diabetes Australia.
We don’t notice it while we go about our daily lives but inside our bodies our cells are talking to each other, all day every day. It’s just a part of how our bodies keep functioning.
This communication happens in all sorts of ways. For example, insulin, a hormone, is released from specialised cells in the pancreas to inform cells in other organs about blood sugar levels. When this process is disrupted things can go wrong.
Up to 280 children and young people with type 1 diabetes will be able to access fully subsidised insulin pumps thanks to a significant expansion of the Insulin Pump Program announced in the 2018-19 Federal Budget.
Diabetes Australia CEO Professor Greg Johnson said the funding boost was very welcome.
One way of thinking about the body is as a complicated machine where every piece has a job to do and if that job isn’t being performed correctly things can go wrong.
Insulin degradation, the process which causes insulin to breakdown, is one of these processes.
For Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute researcher Dr Bianca Bernardo diabetes is personal.
“I’ve got relatives with diabetes and my grandparents passed away from heart disease and the drive to improve health outcomes for people with these conditions is definitely a motivator,” Dr Bernardo says.
