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‘Medicinal food’ diet counters onset of type 1 diabetes

Monash University’s Biomedicine Discovery Institute researchers have led an international study that found – for the first time – that […]

Better care for diabetes patients

Diabetes is the epidemic of the 21st century and the biggest challenge confronting Australia’s health system with around 1.7 million […]

Detecting diabetes’ deadly ketones

Electrical and information engineers created the device that measures ketones – chemicals produced in our liver when other forms of […]

Advances in medical care have led to type 1 diabetes boom

Researchers from the University of Adelaide say the global increase in cases of type 1 diabetes is directly linked to […]

Unique microcapsules for people with type-1 diabetes

Curtin University researchers are a step closer to establishing a way for people with type-1 diabetes to introduce insulin into […]
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GP Q/A: Type 2 Diabetes – new diagnosis

Reader question: Dear Dr Joe I have recently been diagnosed with diabetes after my doctor received the results for my […]

Type 1 diabetes more risky for women than men

Type 1 diabetes is much more deadly for women than men, a study of more than 200,000 people with the […]

Australian boy first in the world to receive new artificial pancreas

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) has advised that access to life-changing technology is a step closer for Australians with […]

Study finds type 1 and type 2 diabetes are equally psychologically challenging …

New research shows that young adults with type 2 diabetes experience similar levels of depression and anxiety symptoms as young […]

Organ donation leads Melbourne scientists to type 1 diabetes breakthrough

Researchers from St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research (SVI) have for the first time been able to catch immune cells […]