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Global perspectives on diabetes
Global perspectives on diabetes

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Global perspectives on diabetes

Welcome to Diabetes Voice, the online magazine of the International Diabetes Federation. We provide in-depth coverage of current and future trends in health policy, diabetes care and management, health economics, research, and living with diabetes.

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Diabetes profiles

Anthony Anderson gets real with diabetes

American actor, Anthony Anderson is at the top of his game right now. Anthony is the star of the hit comedy-drama Black*ish with Tracee Ellis Ross, Anthony’s on-screen wife and featuring Laurence Fishburne as his father.

The series story-line follows Anthony’s ‘family man’ character Andre (aka Dre) Johnson as he navigates a life where being black, successful, and too easily assimilated into current culture may have some drawbacks.

The show is seriously funny but recently, Black* ish turned to more serious episode topics including diabetes, a very important issue for the actor. You see, Anthony was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2002.

Diabetes Voice got a chance to speak with Anthony from his hotel in Chicago (where he’s busy filming a new movie) to talk about his journey with diabetes and why he’s such a serious advocate. Go to the interview.

Diabetes views
People of different ages and cultures in a circle
Welcome to the new diabetesvoice.org!

It is our pleasure to welcome you to the new diabetesvoice.org. For the past 6 months, our team has been hard at work building an all-digital global publication targeted for a highly mobile audience —IDF Members and partners, healthcare professionals, diabetes stakeholders, and most importantly, all people worldwide who are personally affected by diabetes.

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Caring for diabetes
CGMs help correct high BGs more safely..
CGM can be the difference between a healthy life or complications

Technology is helping people achieve sustainable and normal blood glucose levels, reducing the threat of complications, but is technology out of reach for too many?

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Living with diabetes
Amie Green and her daughter Layla

“Diabetes has given us a new perspective on life that many people don’t get.”

Delicate balance: parenting Layla and managing life with type 1 diabetes

Layla Green was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 17 months. It was a hard journey getting to her diagnosis. Layla’s paediatric healthcare team did not know what was wrong and Layla was misdiagnosed three times before the diabetes diagnosis was confirmed.

Layla is now an enthusiastic, funny and smart seven year-old who gets what her daily diabetes management is all about. Diabetes Voice spoke to her mother Amie about parenting a child with type 1 diabetes and how life has taken on new meaning for the entire family.

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IDF Diabetes Complications Congress 2018
Diabetes Profiles
Appleton
Art and diabetes: “Appleton was here”

Appleton has a mission: to raise awareness of type 1 diabetes through his art, both on the street and in the studio. Diabetes Voice had a chance to visit his Chelsea studio for a brief chat.

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News in brief
Refaat in refugee camp in Lebanon
Leave no one behind – IDF initiative to improve diabetes care in humanitarian settings

IDF estimates that four million people living with diabetes are forcibly displaced as a result of man-made and natural disasters. In these difficult circumstances, people with diabetes often struggle to manage their condition and are at increased risk of disability and early death.

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News in brief

Diabetes headlines
you need to know.

Most popular

Diabetes stories that
have everyone talking

  • Person injecting insulin
    News in brief
    Yale study finds NPH insulin adequate for type 2 diabetes
    People with type 2 diabetes treated with the newer generation of long-acting insulin analogs did not have substantially better outcomes than those treated with less costly human insulin.
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  • Woman getting her blood glucose checked
    News in brief
    Screening criteria misses half of prediabetes, diabetes in US
    Current diabetes screening criteria in the USA that use age and weight alone may miss up to half of prediabetes and diabetes cases, according to a new study published in Journal of General Internal Medicine.
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  • Child with anti-smog mask
    News in brief
    Millions of diabetes cases linked to air pollution
    New research links outdoor air pollution to an increased risk of type 2 diabetes globally, according to a study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Veterans Affairs (VA) St. Louis Health Care System.
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  • Dr. V. Mohan with his award
    News in brief
    Distinguished International Service awarded to advocate and doctor from India
    Dr. V. Mohan received the prestigious Harold Rifkin Distinguished International Service in the Cause of Diabetes Award by the American Diabetes Association (ADA).
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    Still images
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    The term minimalism is also used to describe a trend in design and architecture where in the subject is reduced to its necessary elements. Minimalist design has been highly influenced by Japanese traditional design and architecture. In addition, the work of De Stijl artists is a major source of reference for this kind of work.
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    The term minimalism is also used to describe a trend in design and architecture where in the subject is reduced to its necessary elements. Minimalist design has been highly influenced by Japanese traditional design and architecture. In addition, the work of De Stijl artists is a major source of reference for this kind of work.