Research Corner
1 in 3 adults with type 2 diabetes may have undetected cardiovascular disease. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/1-in-3-adults-with-type-2-diabetes-may-have-undetected-cardiovascular-disease Diabetes linked to functional and structural brain changes. Covid increased the risk of diabetes. Prioritising Maori and Pacific patients for new diabetes drugs pays off http://www.voxy.co.nz/health/5/417649 More Stem Cell research into diabetes with studies in Kenya and the US. Advocacy Action: […]
South Africa Hosts Nutrition Congress
For the first time since the Covid pandemic disruptions, nutrition and dietetic health professionals from Africa and further afield gathered in person for the 2023 Nutrition Congress. Held in West Somerset, Western Cape, the 3-day event was co-hosted by NSSA (Nutrition Society of South Africa) and ADSA (Association for Dietetics in South Africa). At the […]
Asian Americans Increased Heart Risk Missed
Obesity and the associated increased risk for cardiometabolic disease is missed in many Asian Americans. This occurs when using the standard body mass index (BMI) cut-off for obesity. rather than a suggested lower threshold for obesity in Asians, new research in an American Asian population showed. The study showed that the six largest subgroups of […]
Indigenous Inequalities Cost Taxpayer Millions
From New Zealand, more evidence is emerging to suggest that the ongoing and unaddressed health inequity for indigenous peoples is costing hundreds of millions of NZ dollars. (1 NZ$ = .64 US$). A new study has revealed that inequity directly cost the NZ health system NZ $39.9 million per year with substantial additional costs from […]
Research Corner
A Diabetes Link to Dementia https://www.timesnownews.com/health/diabetics-beware-study-says-high-blood-sugar-levels-could-give-you-dementia-article-92318905 Role of Socioeconomic Status in Amputation Rates with Comorbid PVD and Diabetes https://www.thecardiologyadvisor.com/home/topics/vascular-medicine/role-of-socioeconomic-status-amputation-rates-with-comorbid-pvd-and-diabetes Potential target for Type 1 diabetes treatment https://www.miragenews.com/potentia l-target-for-type-1-diabetes-treatment-824142/ Japanese Study Finds Health Benefits in Muscle Strengthening https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/56/13/755 Children with type 1 diabetes and their family members are at increased risk of mental health problems. https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220801/Study-Children-with-type-1-diabetes-and-their-family-members-are-at-increased-risk-of-mental-health-problems.aspx […]
More News from Around the World
Put People at Heart of Diabetes Services A briefing by the UK based National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has called for people to be put at the heart of diabetes services. The report brings together a collection of research from the past couple of years which illustrates how taking account of individuals’ needs, differences and wishes […]
Higher Risk of Kidney Disease in African-Caribbean People with Type 1 Diabetes
A study published in Diabetes Care show that ethnicity is a risk factor in people with type 1 diabetes developing kidney disease. The findings also indicate that people of African-Caribbean heritage living with diabetes have nearly a 60% greater risk of advanced kidney disease. It is believed to be the first study in type 1 […]
Social Prescribing Pilots
GPs in parts of England will start prescribing walking and cycling in a trial to help improve mental and physical well-being and tackle health disparities across the UK. The trial runs until 2025 and marks an acceptance that it is not only health budgets that can improve people’s well-being, but a holistic approach across government […]
More News from Around the World Continued
Priority Groups Targeted in New Aussie Diabetes Strategy PDGN Patron, Hon Judi Moylan AO, is delighted that the national diabetes strategy, she and others helped to produce was released on WDD 21 by the Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care, Greg Hunt. Its aim is to reduce the incidence and impacts of the disease […]
How Socioeconomic Status Drives Disparities in Health care
CAPTION: Ananta, Addala believes both environmental and discrimination contribute to disparities in health care. A presentation by Ananta Addala, to the virtual American Diabetes Association congress addressed how low socioeconomic status is a main driver of disparities in health care. Ananta, a paediatric endocrinologist and physician scientist at Stanford University, California, referred to a variety […]
PDGN News
New Sponsorship Deal PDGN is delighted to welcome Dexcom as a sponsor for Global Advocacy News. Dexcom. Inc is a company that develops, manufactures and distributes continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems for diabetes management. Please note: THE INCLUSION OF THIRD-PARTY ADVERTISEMENTS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN ENDORSEMENT, GUARANTEE, WARRANTY, OR RECOMMENDATION BY PDGN, AND WE MAKE […]
New Zealand – Type 2 Tidal Wave
Type 2 diabetes costs the country NZ$2.1 billion a year and one in four Indigenous New Zealand and Pacific islanders will have the disease in 20 years, a report has indicated. This would be a type 2 tidal wave in the opinion of some commentators, igniting the debate for a national diabetes strategy. The report, […]
Half a Billion People with Diabetes and 90 percent Not Receiving Proper Care
A University of Michigan and Brigham and Women’s Hospital study has calculated that ninety per cent of people with diabetes living in low- and middle-income countries do not receive the kind of care that could make their lives healthier, longer and more productive. The US study, published in the journal Lancet Healthy Longevity, showed that […]
Associations’ News
News from Associate Members of PDGN – national diabetes associations and other not-for-profits The National Diabetes Services Scheme (NDSS) has launched a new campaign to encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with type 2 diabetes to re-engage with their diabetes healthcare teams and their diabetes management in 2021. Diabetes Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait […]
More News From Around The Globe: Rural Type 2 Awareness Campaign
Protecting the Asset that is You is a Type 2 awareness campaign aimed at farmers and their families in Northern Ireland. The campaign uses health messages and signposting pathways to appropriate services for people who live and work in rural areas, people who are often hard to reach and run a risk of missing opportunities […]
Diabetes and Indigenous communities
The Raven Indigenous Impact Foundation received $500,000 grant to develop an innovative, Indigenous-led social finance model to reduce diabetes. The Vancouver based Raven Indigenous Impact Foundation (RIIF) has announced plans to create a Diabetes Reduction Bond – an innovative model for designing and financing diabetes interventions in Canada and around the world. Using a Can$500,000 […]