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Eye spy by Jason Triggs

Posted on Mar 21, 2011

Please note that this story deals with the diagnosis of a common diabetes health complication in a 24-year-old man who has type 1 diabetes - Ed.

eye Eye spy by Jason Triggs Not many people have heard this story – until now. Of course my loved ones know that I have type 1 diabetes, but knowing I also have diabetes complications was something I did not wish for them.

It was June 1^st 2009, four days before my 24^th birthday, when the Ophthalmology Department at my nearest hospital told me I could be blind in two years or less. I will never forget that moment.

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Two very different stories of type 1 diabetes

Posted on Nov 11, 2009

walk to cure diabetes Two very different stories of type 1 diabetes

In 2009 the Walk to Cure Diabetes is a celebration of hope and progress towards a cure for type 1 diabetes. This year, two of the participants from Melbourne – a healthy little girl and a middle aged woman battling health challenges – highlight the progress that has been made in diabetes management over the last few decades.

Billie is 8 years old and her family is one of the top fundraisers for the Walk to Cure Diabetes. She is on an insulin pump, which is proven to reduce the risk of diabetes complications. Despite the daily pain and burden of managing type 1 diabetes, her health prospects are improving all the time thanks to new knowledge of the disease and its complications.

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Complication rate decreasing in people with type 1 diabetes

Posted on Aug 24, 2009

Thirty years of data from international trials show that the rate of serious complications amongst people with type 1 diabetes is lower that was has been reported historically.

Researchers from the JDRF-funded Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) and the Epidemiology of Diabetes Intervention and Complications Trial (EDIC) have analysed the incidence of long-term type 1 diabetes complications amongst trial participants and found that the rate of type 1 diabetes complications has changed dramatically, particularly for people who intensively manage their condition.