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Don’t ignore diabetes (AUS)


11th July 2006
Awareness week tells public ... Potentially causing limb amputation, stroke, blindness and heart disease, diabetes is too serious to ignore. That is the theme of National Diabetes Week this week which aims to warn the public about the epidemic which af… more »
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Pharmac To Issue New Kit For Managing Diabetes


04th July 2006
An Otago University professor says more and more teenagers are developing type-two diabetes as a result of an obesity epidemic. The Professor of General Practice, Murray Tilyard, says treating the disease is becoming harder because of the rise in obesit… more »

The Latest Diabetes News


08th June 2006
Research With Fruit Flies Helps Explain Diabetes Believe it or not, fruit flies are genetically similar to humans. Dr. Dirk Bohmann is leading a research team that’s investigating how organisms deal with stress, and how stress can cause disease. [more]… more »

Diabetes figures 'alarming' (AUS)


17th May 2006
The Federal Government says it is alarmed but not surprised by new figures showing Australia is in the grip of a diabetes epidemic. The Australian Diabetes Obesity and Lifestyle Study interviewed and tested 11,000 people five years ago to provide a snap… more »
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