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Rotary encourages diabetes awareness

Not sure if you have high sugar levels – or not? Then regular diabetes testing is essential say members of Rotary Port Alfred who managed a diabetes testing station on World Diabetes Awareness Day at Rosehill Mall last Thursday. Rotary PA…

Obesity: A problem in SA and worldwide

Report by Leigh Callipolitis – The PR SPACE March 2 is World Obesity Day Obesity is a disaster requiring urgent intervention in South Africa2. Alarmingly 800 million people around the world are affected by obesity1. World Obesity Day…

World diabetes awareness day was November 14

There is a compelling reason that global awareness days and months exist. In the case of diabetes, the reason is twofold: stemming a worldwide epidemic and saving lives. According to the International Diabetes Federation, 50% of people…

World diabetes awareness day is November 14

There is a compelling reason that global awareness days and months exist. In the case of diabetes, the reason is twofold: stemming a worldwide epidemic and saving lives. According to the International Diabetes Federation, 50% of people…

HIV and TB ‘less deadly’ than diabetes, old age in Covid-19 cases

Having diabetes or being older than 50 are far deadlier than HIV and TB in a person who contracts Covid-19. This was revealed by brand new data based on statistics from the Western Cape. The data was described by an analyst as…

Diabetes claims over 2‚000 leg amputations a year in KZN

Diabetes claims around 2‚500 leg amputations a year in KwaZulu-Natal‚ the department of health in the province said on Sunday. The province’s health MEC Sibongiseni Dhlomo sounded the alarm and urged citizens to fight back against…