Flash glucose monitoring: the little patches that can make managing diabetes a whole lot easier
- Written by Maria Craig, Professor University of Sydney and University of NSW Paediatric Endocrinologist, Children's Hospital at Westmead, UNSW
Diabetes is the fastest growing chronic condition in Australia. At least 1.2 million Australians live with diabetes, and about 10% of them have type 1 diabetes.
Diabetes sees the body become resistant to the effects of insulin, or lose its ability to produce insulin from the pancreas. Insulin keeps the body’s blood glucose levels, or...