How can new technologies and social media empower people with diabetes? 22 Aug 2013 | 07:30 pm

How can new technologies and social media empower people with diabetes? This will be the question on debate during the IDF Europe Symposium to be held on 22 September 2013 at the 49th Annual Meeting o...

Donated strips and meters give new life to children with diabetes 16 Aug 2013 | 02:47 pm

Regular monitoring of blood glucose is a crucial tool in the life of a child with diabetes. It allows each individual to monitor and understand their body's very particular response to insulin, foods,...

Donated strips and meters give new life to children with diabetes 16 Aug 2013 | 02:26 pm

Regular monitoring of blood glucose is a crucial tool in the life of a child with diabetes. It allows each individual to monitor and understand their body's very particular response to insulin, foods,...

Champion chef takes diabetes on the road again 9 Aug 2013 | 05:45 pm

Charles Mattocks, celebrity chef and IDF Blue Circle Champion, will head back out on the road this October and November for a new three month RV tour. Due to an overwhelmingly positive response to his...

Why physical activity is key to prevent and treat chronic diseases? 29 Jul 2013 | 06:24 pm

The European Chronic Disease Alliance (ECDA) considers physical inactivity as one of the four common risk factors to the major chronic diseases causing 86% of deaths in Europe: cardiovascular diseases...

Healthcare professional training on GDM Model of Care 17 Jul 2013 | 05:33 pm

The first training for healthcare professionals (HCPs) on the IDF GDM Model of Care was held on July 13 and 14 in Chennai, India.  The two day train–the-trainer programme was dedicated to GDM and the ...

New initiative to tackle NCDs on national level launched 16 Jul 2013 | 07:37 pm

July 16, 2013 - The NCD Alliance (NCDA) today launched a programme to support civil society efforts to tackle Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) at the national level. NCDs kill approximately 36 million...

Diabetes Kills - New IDF public service announcement 15 Jul 2013 | 07:16 pm

Diabetes in the spotlight in Melbourne 15 Jul 2013 | 12:58 pm

On Sunday Diabetes Australia launched its  National Diabetes Week campaign in Melbourne, location of the upcoming World Diabetes Congress. The Face of Diabetes in Australia campaign was launched at th...

NCD Alliance partners with The Economist to focus on NCD prevention and control 12 Jul 2013 | 12:48 pm

On July 16, Economist Events will hold its second “New Approaches to Non-Communicable Diseases” meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa. The meeting will focuses on the dangerous rise of NCDs in develop...