Diabetes
"When I found out, I was 14 turning 15, I didn't really understand it so I didn't really listen."For one teenager from northern WA's Kimberley region, the reality of type 2 diabetes arrived early.
New research from the Charles Perkins Centre at the University of Sydney has uncovered a new biological pathway that may help explain why people with type 2 diabetes are more prone to developing dange...
The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) has used Diabetes Awareness Week to call for urgent and sustained investment in community-led solutions to tackle diabetes in...
New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics reveals Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people suffer one of the highest rates of diabetes in the world. Almost one in six (15.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are three times more likely to live with diabetes compared to non-Indigenous Australians. This will be a priority at next year's International Diabetes Fed...
Just out of Katherine, in the Indigenous community of Rockhole, 22-year-old student Edwina Murphy looks after her two younger brothers. Often, her mother is 300km away in Darwin for treatment.
Gunggari and Gubbi Gubbi man Steve Renouf is calling for better access to diabetes education and care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Researchers from Menzies School of Health Research were awarded prestigious National Health and Medical Research Council Investigator Grants in this week's funding round announcement.
More than 500 new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers will receive diabetes prevention training through a new partnership between the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health O...
I recently returned home to my community of Borroloola, in the remote Gulf region of the Northern Territory. It's home to around 900 people including the Yanyuwa, Garrawa, Marra and Gudanji peoples.
Central Australia's Indigenous communities now have access to improved health services through a new 4WD mobile clinic, aimed at enhancing diabetes treatment, education, and management in remote areas...
Addressing the type 2 diabetes epidemic in the Northern Territory through increased awareness and access to healthcare, as well as addressing the social determinants, are all focus areas for medical g...
Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney has labelled comments from Jacinta Nampijinpa Price that there are no ongoing impacts of colonialism on Indigenous Australians a "betrayal".