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Simple site change makes a difference to Hassan

Hassan Mohamed is a 22-year-old who has lived with type 1 diabetes for 14 years and he wants to share what he's learned. Hassan recently contacted Diabetes Queensland to enquire about our Ambassadors Program, which is gathering a group of diabetes warriors throughout Queensland to be...

25 September 2019 / Latest News / Blood glucose levels, Type 1 diabetes
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Take back control with OzDAFNE if you live with type 1

If you're looking for greater flexibility in your management of type 1 diabetes, an OzDAFNE course could provide some answers. People who have attended this course refer to it as the learning that changed their journey with diabetes. Diabetes Queensland is now facilitating...

25 September 2019 / Latest News / Blood glucose levels, Type 1 diabetes
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Psychologist shares t1 common concerns

In-house psychologist Katherine Dixon talks with people living with type 1 diabetes on a range of emotional issues. Katherine says there are several common concerns that callers frequently discuss. People sometimes feel they are the only ones struggling. Yet the issues are often common...

25 September 2019 / Latest News / Staying well, Type 1 diabetes
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Coxsackievirus link to type 1 diabetes

A new study has investigated how exposure to certain triggers can increase the risk of type 1 diabetes. Researchers from The Westmead Institute for Medical Research are looking at an array of potential triggers. Results of a recent study have shown how exposure to coxsackievirus can...

25 September 2019 / Latest News / Prevention, Research, Type 1 diabetes
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Study investigates how dietary fat can affect insulin dosing in t1

A new study by Australian and American researchers is investigating the insulin dose adjustments needed for different fat content in food eaten by people with type 1 diabetes usinginsulin pumps. People withtype 1 are being advised to adjust insulin for dietary fat. It is known...

25 September 2019 / Latest News / Food, Research, Type 1 diabetes
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DiaBuddies Days give kids the chance to jump, flip and twist with new friends

Nineteen families from the Wide Bay district who have a child living with type 1 diabetes attended their first DiaBuddies Day recently. The day, hosted by Diabetes Queensland, was held at the Bundaberg Flip Out Trampoline Centre. The children were supervised while they jumped, flipped...

24 September 2019 / Latest News / Events & support, Type 1 diabetes
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Dario Android Urgent Product Defect Correction

Dario Blood Glucose Tracker Android App Versions 4.3.0-4.3.2are in urgent need of an update because of potentially faulty blood glucose level (BGL) readings. The company says there are about 20 users of these versions Australia-wide, who have been notified about the need...

23 September 2019 / Latest News / Blood glucose levels, Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes
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Mango Queen Alexandra Catalano bids $25,000 for summer’s first tray

Queensland has a new Queen after Alexandra Catalano (pictured above) bid $25,000 for the state's symbolic first tray of mangoes. The 2019 Brisbane Produce Market Annual Charity Mango Auction raised more than $31,000 thanks to Mango Queen Alexandra and bidders on other...

19 September 2019 / Latest News / A little bit of fun, Events & support, Food, Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes
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PBAC calls for consumer comment on Trulicity

The Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) has recently opened a period of consumer comments on Dulaglutide (Trulicity) and is interested in hearing from people living with type 2 diabetes, their family, friends and carers, healthcare professionals and patient or consumer groups about...

16 September 2019 / Latest News / Government & policy, Staying well
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Townsville doctors fight obesity crisis

There were 158 people diagnosed every day with type 2 diabetes in the last financial year in Australia, writesELISABETH SILVESTER in theTownsville Bulletin. Although it is unknown what causes type 2 diabetes, it has been discovered to relate to high risk lifestyle...

9 September 2019 / Latest News, Diabetes in the news / Awareness, Prevention, Type 2 diabetes
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