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  Researchers test accuracy of laser to monitor BGLs

  For those of us living with diabetes, monitoring blood glucose accurately is an intrinsic part of our lives. Researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medicine and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently evaluated the accuracy of an MIT-developed technology to...

  1 December 2018 / Latest News / Blood glucose levels, Research, Type 1 diabetes

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  Latest changes to NDSS may affect you

  There have been two major announcements in the past month about changes to the National Diabetes Services Scheme (NDSS) which may affect you: The Morrison Government has increased funding by $100 million over four years to expand free access to glucose-monitoring technology through...

  1 December 2018 / Latest News / Blood glucose levels, Government & policy, Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes

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  Qld kids with t1 not on target

  The care of Queensland children with diabetes is suboptimal by several measures, according to a peer review of 14 centres that provide care for most children (97 per cent) across the state's public system. A report in the limbic e-newsletter for health professionals stated the mean HbA1c...

  1 December 2018 / Latest News / Blood glucose levels, Research, Type 1 diabetes

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  All you need to know about NDSS changes

  From 1 December 2018 there will be changes to some products listed on the National Diabetes Services Scheme (NDSS) product schedule. A limited number of people using certain brands of blood glucose test strips and types of insulin syringes will be affected due to their removal from the...

  23 November 2018 / Latest News, Health Professionals / Blood glucose levels, Government & policy, Staying well, Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes

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  Taking the guess work out of low carb eating

  By Dale Cooke Accredited Practising Dietitian Is low carbohydrate eating an option for your patients? Low carb eating has been featured in the media for quite some time. Diabetes Queensland health practitioners regularly receive queries about whether...

  23 November 2018 / Latest News, Health Professionals / Blood glucose levels, Food, Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes

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  Introducing Steglatro – the newest Gliflozin soon to be PBS listed

  By Donna Itzstein Diabetes Queensland Pharmacist Steglatro is the newest offering from pharmaceutical company Merck Sharp & Dohme of Ertugliflozin for type 2 diabetes. At the July meeting, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) recommended the Authority...

  23 November 2018 / Latest News, Health Professionals / Blood glucose levels, Staying well, Type 2 diabetes

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  Changes to the NDSS from 1 December 2018

  More than 600,000 people with diabetes are set to benefit from cheaper access to products under changes to the National Diabetes Services Scheme (NDSS). From 1 December 2018 the cost of items listed on the NDSS such as blood glucose test strips (BGTS), urine test strips and insulin...

  9 November 2018 / Latest News, Media Releases / Blood glucose levels, Government & policy, Staying well, Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes

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• New procedure holds promise for a type 2 cure

  In an exciting development in diabetes research, the Australian Guardian has reported a potential medical breakthrough that is stabilising blood glucose levels among a small group of people living with type 2 diabetes. By destroying the mucous membrane in the small intestine...

  26 October 2018 / Latest News / Blood glucose levels, Research, Type 2 diabetes

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  Domestic refrigerators ‘may pose risk to insulin quality’

  Many people with diabetes may be unwittingly storing their insulin incorrectly due to fluctuating temperatures inside their kitchen fridge, new research has found. Insulin must be stored within a certain temperature range in order to retain its potency. Many people who need it to...

  19 October 2018 / Latest News / Blood glucose levels, Research, Staying well, Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes

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  TGA is examining the risk of a rare genital gangrene with SGLT-2 inhibitors

  By Donna Itzstein Diabetes Queensland Pharmacist History repeats itself. Regardless of pre-market medication studies, the real effects, good or bad, are revealed only with time. On 29 August 2018, the US Food and Drug Authority (FDA) released a warning regarding the...

  19 October 2018 / Latest News / Blood glucose levels, Research, Type 2 diabetes

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