Type 2 diabetes
A lot of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes affecting mostly older people, however, recently it has been diagnosed in...
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Gestational diabetes mellitus, also known as GDM, occurs during pregnancy. It usually goes away when the baby is born, but there is a high risk that the mother may develop type 2 diabetes in the 10-15...
View ArticleClimate change
Climate change refers to a change in weather patterns because of a rise in the earth’s temperature [30592][35489]. Some of this change is natural, but some changes in climate have also been caused by...
View ArticleStroke
A stroke happens when the blood supply to the brain is interrupted. Blood may stop moving through an artery because it is blocked by a blood clot or plaque (ischaemic stroke) or because the artery...
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View ArticlePre-diabetes
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are more likely than other people to have pre-diabetes, a condition when sugar (glucose) levels are high but not high enough to be called diabetes [33460]....
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