Diabetes rates surge in a decade

Diabetes rates surge in a decade

One in 15 Australian adults have been diagnosed with diabetes, up from one in 20 a decade ago, according to data released this month by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The report has detailed how gender, economic status and vitamin D deficiency can all...
Special fat could help treat diabetes, report

Special fat could help treat diabetes, report

A breakthrough by Australian scientists has found a special kind of fat could be used to possibly treat diabetes. Scientists at Sydney’s Garvan Institute of Medical Research have found individuals with more brown fat, fat that uses energy to produce heat, had smaller...
Diabetes rates surge in a decade

Diabetics: we’re not all the same

Diabetes is becoming a pandemic. Affecting over one million Australians, with about 280 people diagnosed with the condition every day. A study by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund (JDRF) found over 93 per cent of Type 1 diabetics felt the media did not differentiate...