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Insulin Sensitivity Factor explained

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The Insulin Sensitivity Factor reflects the power a unit of insulin has in your body. This article describes how the ISF is calculated and how to use it.

Friday, 26 November 2021

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Get walking for good health

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Walking is one of the most popular forms of exercise. It doesn't require special skills or equipment and delivers a range of benefits

Monday, 14 December 2020

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Ketoacidosis - what you should know

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Ketoacidosis is a serious diabetes related complication that happens when your blood glucose is very high and ketones build up to dangerous levels

Wednesday, 9 December 2020

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Assessing basal insulin

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Basal testing will help you check if your long-acting insulin doses are right for you. Your diabetes team can help you assess and monitor your basal insulin doses.

Friday, 25 September 2020

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Lantus to be discontinued

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Long-acting insulin Lantus will be discontinued from the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) as of June 30, 2020.

Tuesday, 16 June 2020

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Nine tips for a healthy Eid ul-Fitr

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After a month of devotion and restraint it is easy to go overboard with the delicious treats. Eating slowly, focusing on the feel, taste and sensation of chewing each mouthful will help set you for the day.

Friday, 22 May 2020

Living with Insulin

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Our program 'Living with Insulin' is a great program for people already living with insulin, for both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

Wednesday, 29 January 2020

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Travel checklist to ease your worries

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Don't let diabetes hold you back from enjoying your holiday or business travels. Use this checklist to get prepared. Travelling overseas with different time zones, climates, foods and hygiene standards can be successfully managed with pre-trip advice from your doctor or diabetes educator.

Tuesday, 14 January 2020

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Are you adequately insured?

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 Travel provides adventure and an escape from daily life. But to confidently enjoy your travels it's critical to be adequately insured.

Tuesday, 24 December 2019

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"Should you be eating that?"

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Do you ever hear the questions "should you be eating that?". We help with a few responses to that annoying question for people living with diabetes.

Friday, 6 December 2019

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Introducing Fiasp

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Fiasp, a fast-acting insulin, has featured in many blogs and forums after it was added this month to Australia's Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).

Friday, 5 July 2019

New smart insulin developed to prevent hypoglycaemia

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A new smart insulin has been developed which could help people prevent hypoglycaemia, researchers have said. Currently known as i-insulin, a research team from the University of California (UCLA) in Los Angeles have added an extra molecule to the hormone which they say can prevent low blood glucose levels.

Friday, 5 July 2019

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Flash Glucose Monitoring and type 2 diabetes

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There are more Australians living with type 2 diabetes using insulin than people with type 1. Find out more about how Flash Glucose Monitoring technology can help people on insulin to live with greater ease than our grandparents could ever have imagined.

Thursday, 23 May 2019

The Diabetes Low Down

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A new campaign 'The Diabetes Low Down' has been launched to raise awareness of how 'hypos' affect people living with type 1 and type 2 diabetes who take insulin.

Tuesday, 19 March 2019

Discovery may lead to new diabetes treatments

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Researchers in Norway recently made what they believe to be an exciting discovery that they believe could change the way we manage diabetes and it's all to do with our bodies' own cells.

Saturday, 26 January 2019

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Pros and cons of new insulin Ryzodeg

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Ryzodeg was added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) on August 1, 2018, after an "early experience program" with direct supply by prescribing endocrinologists.

Thursday, 16 August 2018

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