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University of Canterbury (UC) scientists are seeking a major medical breakthrough in potentially identifying people most at risk of becoming diabetic.
The University this week received more than $1 million in government research project funding to discover a faster method for GPs to diagnose people with diabetes.
The World Health Organisation estimates 346 million people worldwide have diabetes. Over
200,000 New Zealanders have diabetes, with one in 32 pakeha adults and one in 12 Maori and Pacific Islanders suffering. Two out of three Maori and Pacific Islander diabetics die from diabetic complications, compared to one in three pakeha diabetics.
UC researcher Professor Juliet Gerrard who is overseeing the project said if left unchecked, this single disease would consume 15 percent of the NZ health budget in the treatment of complications, such as loss to eyesight, limb amputations, renal damage, heart disease and strokes.
http://www.voxy.co.nz/health/uc-looking-detect-diabetic-complications-earlier/5/134944
The University this week received more than $1 million in government research project funding to discover a faster method for GPs to diagnose people with diabetes.
The World Health Organisation estimates 346 million people worldwide have diabetes. Over
200,000 New Zealanders have diabetes, with one in 32 pakeha adults and one in 12 Maori and Pacific Islanders suffering. Two out of three Maori and Pacific Islander diabetics die from diabetic complications, compared to one in three pakeha diabetics.
UC researcher Professor Juliet Gerrard who is overseeing the project said if left unchecked, this single disease would consume 15 percent of the NZ health budget in the treatment of complications, such as loss to eyesight, limb amputations, renal damage, heart disease and strokes.
http://www.voxy.co.nz/health/uc-looking-detect-diabetic-complications-earlier/5/134944