by CALHN | 6 Nov, 2020 | Community
Improving the care and outcomes for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander consumers with diabetes-related foot complications is the focus of a new telehealth initiative. The project, in conjunction with the SAMHRI’s Aboriginal Chronic Disease Consortium, involves...
by CALHN | 6 Nov, 2020 | Community, TQEH
Like so many with diabetes, David Fraser has to make an average 180 extra decisions every day. To ensure his glucose levels remain stable, the 47-year-old civil engineer has to consider every meal, every snack, every activity and more. That’s more than 1.6m extra...
by CALHN | 7 Sep, 2020 | Central Adelaide LHN Staff, RAH, Research
South Australia’s first islet cell transplant recipient has marked an incredible milestone – 10 years since the surgery which effectively “cured” her diabetes. Margaret Harrigan marked the occasion sharing her favourite dessert – something she couldn’t do previously –...
by CALHN | 2 Sep, 2020 | Central Adelaide LHN Staff, RAH, Research
The Royal Adelaide Hospital is the only site in SA and the NT that performs endovascular clot retrievals; the procedure to remove a blood clot that is blocking the blood flow to the brain. Over the past few years, the number of clot retrievals has risen dramatically...
