A new study suggests that taking medication to reduce blood pressure can help prevent a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes, writes JESSICA WEISS. High blood pressure (or hypertension) occurs when the long-term force of the blood against your artery walls is [...]
A knee problem has meant a break from hiking for DENISE BROWNSDON. She writes about the long road to getting back out on the track. This year, I’ve been briefly slowed down in my hiking adventures. I have a slight issue with my patella (kneecap) that [...]
Diabetes WA welcomes a bipartisan commitment to lower the cost for vital technology that will make a profound difference to thousands of West Australians living with type 1 diabetes. Both Liberal and Labor parties have made an election commitment to [...]
Last Christmas, Greg Forknall’s family lit up the town in the memory of a loving husband, father, grandfather and friend. A special Christmas light show outside a family member’s home in Piara Waters helped raise money for Diabetes WA, inspired by Greg’s [...]
The Diabetes WA Helpline provides free comprehensive access to personalised diabetes management advice and support from a Credentialed Diabetes Educator. Meet our educators as they share some of the common concerns they hear from our members. Christine [...]
As Western Australia adjusts to life with COVID, we can look to the UK for lessons on how to best help people living with diabetes, writes MYKE BARTLETT When the UK went into lockdown in March 2020, the country was overrun by the pandemic in a way that [...]
MYKE BARTLETT speaks to Professor Timothy Davis about lessons learned about the COVID risk to people living with diabetes. Two years into the pandemic, there’s still a lot we don’t know about COVID. The emergence of such a successful new virus has meant [...]
Our experts give straightforward answers to your knotty COVID questions. Am I more likely to catch COVID? If you have diabetes, you are no more likely to catch COVID than anyone else. There is strong evidence that people with diabetes are more vulnerable [...]