MEDIA RELEASE. On World Diabetes Day, Vision 2020 Australia is encouraging all Australians living with diabetes to get their eyes examined.
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Diabetes a major challenge for Victoria
MEDIA RELEASE. The Victorian electorates of Thomastown, Dandenong and Broadmeadows have some of the highest rates of diabetes in the state, according to a new interactive geo-spatial diabetes map released yesterday.
You think this is scary?
MEDIA RELEASE. New Diabetes Australia campaign compares fear of getting type 2 diabetes with fear of sharks and spiders.
Blog: Untangling the relationship between glucose and blood vessel function in the eye
My younger brother was four years old when he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus. A previously well child, there were no obvious signs that his pancreas was under an insidious attack from his own immune system until his insulin ran out and he experienced dangerously high blood glucose levels.
Diabetes trial participants needed
Last November, CERA released the 'Out of Sight' report which identified that diabetes affects approximately one million Australian adults. The number is expected to double by the year 2025, posing major public health and economic concerns. However, little is known whether blood vessel dysfunction in the eye, which causes vision loss in people with diabetes, is due to the effects of high blood glucose (sugar) or an indirect result of chronic cell damage.
Out of Sight — a report into diabetic eye disease in Australia
Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute and the Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) have published a new report sponsored by Novartis. Out of Sight – a report into diabetic eye disease in Australia provides an overview of the impact of diabetic eye disease in Australia and looks into what can be done to prevent vision loss caused by the complications of diabetes.
Diabetes and Eye Health Project – A blog by Amelia Lake
July 14 – 20 is National Diabetes Week and I’d like to tell you about one of the fantastic Vision Initiative activities: the Diabetes and Eye Health project. This project aims to increase rates of eye examinations in people with type 2 diabetes, and to improve the early detection and management of diabetic retinopathy – a condition that can lead to blindness in people with diabetes. It is being conducted as a collaboration between Vision 2020 Australia, Diabetes Australia – Victoria and The Australian Centre for Behavioural Research in Diabetes.
Waistline worry for eye health on World Diabetes Day
On the eve of World Diabetes Day (14 November) the national peak body for eye health and vision care is warning Australia’s diabetes epidemic will mean worrying results for eye health.
Growth of diabetes puts eyesight of half a million Victorians at risk say experts
On World Sight Day two peak health bodies have warned that by 2025 around half a million Victorians risk losing their sight due to the diabetes epidemic facing the nation.
Growth of diabetes puts eyesight of half a million Victorians at risk say experts
On World Sight Day two peak health bodies have warned that by 2025 around half a million Victorians risk losing their sight due to the diabetes epidemic facing the nation.