The 11-17 July marks National Diabetes Week in 2021. This month we chose to focus on the importance of understanding diabetes and why raising awareness matters to those who suffer from it. The stigma of diabetes can be damaging emotionally and mentally because it prevents those living with this condition from feeling confident in themselves

Diabetes is a common disease that affects many and is recognised as the world’s fastest-growing chronic condition. Around 1.8 million Australians have diabetes with more than 100,000 Australians becoming diabetic in the past year. What does this mean? Well, for starters, it is important for diabetes awareness to increase to help improve the well being

New research suggests that spider venom increases the production of insulin and scientists are hopeful this could eventually lead to a new treatment. A team from Ulster University in Northern Ireland made the surprising discovery while studying venom from the Mexican blonde tarantula. The researchers have now created a synthetic version of a key molecule