Category: News & Articles
... we are working on a saliva-based test of glucose levels for diabetic patients using a reel-to-reel printer, potentially making blood ... the enzyme that will detect the presence and level of glucose when a diabetic places a sample of their saliva on the test.” Estimated to ... needles for diabetics. Professor Paul Dastoor, 2D printing, Diabetes, diabetic research, John Hunter Hospital A glucose test for diabetics ...
Category: Research
... up to 25%. In Australia approximately 56 000 people are affected by diabetic foot ulcers every year. Foot ulcer development precedes ... limb or foot amputation every week. Recent estimates suggest that diabetic foot ulcers and amputations cost the Australian healthcare ... A number of factors are known to contribute to the development of a diabetic foot ulcer and whether or not it heals or amputation is ...
Category: Research
40% of all type 2 diabetics will develop diabetic nephropathy (DN), which is the leading cause of end stage ... whether an inflammatory molecule called suPAR is elevated in diabetic kidney disease, and whether it can be used as a marker for ... detection of atherosclerosis or cardiovascular disease in type II diabetic patients. Research To investigate the role of the suPAR/Beta 3 ...
Category: Research
Research A randomised control trial comparing diabetic children provided with fortnightly phone support to c control ...
Category: Research
... of glycaemic control on outcome after acute ischaemic stoke in diabetic patients. Later known as 03-22" ...
Category: News & Articles
... Carly Stephen, an electrical engineer and the mother of a young diabetic, has served as an advisor to the medical team during the ...
Category: News & Articles
Spikes and dips in blood sugar levels experienced in the daily management of diabetes can undermine mental abilities such as memory and attention span.
Category: Research
... small blood samples to be taken using a simple fingerprick (like diabetic patients do to monitor blood sugar). This type of sampling ...
Category: General
Owing to better therapies, patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) are living longer and are now a unique population that has been little studied. Differing from type 2 diabetes (T2D), the onset of T1D is usually juvenile, but it is increasingly diagnosed in adulthood, requiring immediate insulin therapy. Regardless, T1D and T2D share a common sequelae of blood vessel damage and accelerated cognitive decline. Even children and adolescents with T1D display early declines in executive function and short-term working memory and impaired growth and plasticity of brain tissues, thereby compromising learning in school.
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... abnormalities for people who are overweight/obese, classified as pre-diabetic, or have high risk for cardiovascular disease. “Metabolic ...
