Up to 640 Australians are hospitalised each year in serious life threatening situations before they are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, Diabetes Australia warned.
Diabetes Australia is launching a new campaign “It’s About Time” to encourage the community, families, schools and health professionals to recognise the early signs of type 1 diabetes and help avoid many of the hospitalisations.
New research has found that only 5% of Australians aged over 40 have had a type 2 diabetes risk check in the past two years.
Also, more than half of people surveyed were unable name any diabetes related complication despite type 2 diabetes being a leading cause of vision loss, kidney damage, heart attacks, stroke and limb amputation.
In support of National Diabetes Week, Energizer® will once again be donating $1 from each specially marked pack purchased throughout the month of July.
An alliance of Australia’s leading health and community organisations has congratulated NSW Health for announcing it will phase out sugary drinks from all of its facilities in the next six months as part of its Healthy Choices in Health Facilities policy.
CEO of Diabetes Australia, Greg Johnson said it was important for health facilities to lead by example and provide healthier options for patients, staff and visitors.
New research shows that sugary drinks sold in Australia have over 20 per cent more glucose compared to those sold in the United States.
The research from the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute compared the sugar content of sugary drinks in Australia, Europe and the U.S. The higher proportion of glucose relate to different sweeteners used in sugary drinks (sugar cane in Australia, corn syrup in the US and sugar beet in Europe).
Dr Renae Kirkham, Senior research officer from Menzies School of Health Research is using a Diabetes Australia Research Program grant, to better understand how diabetes impacts the pregnancies of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.
Dr Kirkham works for the Northern Territory Diabetes in Pregnancy Partnership and is involved in evaluating models of care for diabetes in pregnancy across the Northern Territory.
Latest figures reveal 1.25 million Australians have known diabetes with an additional 108,000 Australians diagnosed with diabetes in just the past 12 months.
The figures have prompted renewed calls from Diabetes Australia for people with diabetes to have regular eye checks.
One of the major complications associated with type 2 diabetes is cardiovascular disease. In fact, the risk of heart disease more than doubles for someone with type 2 diabetes.
This is why the Diabetes Australia Research Trust is supporting Associate Professor Rebecca Ritchie from the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute in her research into new treatments that will help treat heart disease for people with diabetes.
Scientists have established that accumulation of fats in the liver can lead to the development of pre-diabetes, however less is known about the role of cholesterol in this context. New data suggests a link between cholesterol and glucose in the liver. Unfortunately scientists don’t yet understand how they link together.
Dr Anna Calkin, from the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, is using a Diabetes Australia Research Program grant to tackle this question.
The first Queensland family to access government-funded Continuous Glucose Monitoring products says the Turnbull Government program will change their lives.
‘I’m just fabulous,” said Angela Grant, mother of four children including her youngest, Abby, now 12, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was 19 months old. “This announcement is a game-changer for us.”
