Diabetes topics
Diabetes testing and treatment
Find out all about how your diabetes can be diagnosed and treated.
Blood glucose: self-monitoring
Regularly checking your blood glucose will ensure your diabetes treatment is working properly.
Diabetes and blood glucose monitoring
Keeping track of your blood glucose level is an important part of managing diabetes mellitus (commonly known as diabetes).
Diabetes and taking medications for other conditions
Some medicines can affect blood sugar levels and alter diabetic control in people with diabetes.
Diabetes and urine glucose monitoring
A urine glucose test determines whether or not glucose (sugar) is present in the urine, and can be used to help monitor diabetes control.
Diabetes medicine pioglitazone linked to bladder cancer
Links between pioglitazone, an oral diabetes medicine, and bladder cancer have led the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) to warn about its safety.
Diabetes tablets
Tablets are often prescribed for people with Type 2 diabetes to help control their blood glucose levels.
Diabetes: monitoring and treating
Diabetes treatment aims to control blood glucose (sugar) levels using insulin, hypoglycaemic agents and lifestyle changes such as diet and exercise.
Diabetes: Sean's story
Read about how fitness and attitude has helped Sean to cope with diabetes.
Diabetes: tablets for type 2 diabetes
Tablets used to treat type 2 diabetes are known as oral hypoglycaemics or antihyperglycaemics.
Diabetes: type 2 diabetes testing
Find out who is at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes and who should be tested for this condition.
Insulin and its role in diabetes
Insulin enables glucose in the blood to enter body cells where it can be used for energy.
Insulin delivery devices
There are various ways to administer insulin, including insulin pens, pumps and injectors.
Insulin treatment for diabetes
Read about the various types of insulin used to manage diabetes: very short-acting, short-acting, intermediate-acting and long-acting, and mixed insulins.
Insulin: how it works
The hormone insulin is released when you have just eaten a meal and the level of glucose in your blood is high.
Regularly checking your blood glucose will ensure your diabetes treatment is working properly.
Diabetes and blood glucose monitoring
Keeping track of your blood glucose level is an important part of managing diabetes mellitus (commonly known as diabetes).
Diabetes and taking medications for other conditions
Some medicines can affect blood sugar levels and alter diabetic control in people with diabetes.
Diabetes and urine glucose monitoring
A urine glucose test determines whether or not glucose (sugar) is present in the urine, and can be used to help monitor diabetes control.
Diabetes medicine pioglitazone linked to bladder cancer
Links between pioglitazone, an oral diabetes medicine, and bladder cancer have led the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) to warn about its safety.
Diabetes tablets
Tablets are often prescribed for people with Type 2 diabetes to help control their blood glucose levels.
Diabetes: monitoring and treating
Diabetes treatment aims to control blood glucose (sugar) levels using insulin, hypoglycaemic agents and lifestyle changes such as diet and exercise.
Diabetes: Sean's story
Read about how fitness and attitude has helped Sean to cope with diabetes.
Diabetes: tablets for type 2 diabetes
Tablets used to treat type 2 diabetes are known as oral hypoglycaemics or antihyperglycaemics.
Diabetes: type 2 diabetes testing
Find out who is at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes and who should be tested for this condition.
Insulin and its role in diabetes
Insulin enables glucose in the blood to enter body cells where it can be used for energy.
Insulin delivery devices
There are various ways to administer insulin, including insulin pens, pumps and injectors.
Insulin treatment for diabetes
Read about the various types of insulin used to manage diabetes: very short-acting, short-acting, intermediate-acting and long-acting, and mixed insulins.
Insulin: how it works
The hormone insulin is released when you have just eaten a meal and the level of glucose in your blood is high.
