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Dr
Michelle's very popular column returns after a summer siesta. This
month, she answers a reader's question with her familiar wit and
wisdom:
I hear that I should be seeing an Endo? I don't know what an Endo could offer that my GP doesn't? |
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Australian
playwright Ben Ellis, 31, is taking London by storm with the world-premiere
of his new play, Poet No. 7, which is now playing at The Latchmere
Theatre.
Ben gives us the High & Lowdown on life with D as a jet-setting, award-winning, inspiration-filled playwright. From giant green condoms to amoeba, via orange cults and coffee. |
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The
Diabetes Transplant Unit at UNSW continued there years of innovative
research by announcing (and showing the world!) an exciting new
procedure.
Janice Stewart, a nurse with Type 1, was injected with human islet cells that had been coated in a seaweed extract - this is hoped to protect the cells from the immune system attack which causes our diabetes in the first place. |
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See
what people are making of the seaweed news on our website. Ask questions.
Chat about whether it's kelp all round for us.
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A
Japanese geneticist has kindly spent the last few years of his life
finding the concrete evidence for what Reality Check has been telling
you for years .... Laugh!!
Kazuo Murakami has discovered 23 genes that respond to laughter, many of which are also connected with the immune system. His work has been shown to be particularly relevant to people with diabetes. He says, "it won't be a joke to see patients receive a prescription for a comedy video at a pharmacy". |
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Over
the last two and a half years, Vanessa has been sharing with us
her journey through pregnancy and new parenthood: with a healthy
dose of wit, and fast-earned wisdom.
In her new article, Vanessa takes us back to before it all began. Sometime
between making the popcorn and relaxing on the leather recliner,
our latest DINK (Double Income No Kids) purchase, we made the
biggest decision of our lives. Drum roll. We were ready for a
baby! |
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Gavin
Wright last year took his malfunctioning pancreas from Lima on the
Pacific coast of Peru, over the Andes mountain range and out into
the Amazon jungle on the other side - on a push bike.
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We
have a new online form to make it easier to contribute to our directory
of diabetes health professionals. You can tell us about Endocrinologists,
Diabetes Educators, GPs, Counsellors, Complementary
Medicine Practitioners, Diabetes Eye specialists and even Obstetricians
specialising in diabetic pregnancies. Can you help?
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