Diabetes Focus

Yaasirah Choonara highlights the warning signs that could indicate diabetes is affecting your feet.

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Yaasirah Choonara is a Lecturer and the Acting Head of the Department of Podiatry in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Johannesburg (UJ). In this role, she provides academic and operational leadership across curriculum delivery, staff co-ordination, assessment and moderation, quality assurance, clinical teaching, student support, research development, and departmental administration. Visit Diabetes SA · Diabetes SA Facebook

Dr Angela Murphy answers important questions about blood pressure and hypertension.

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Dr Angela Murphy is a specialist physician with a strong focus on diabetes and obesity management. Her practice in Sunward Park, Boksburg is an accredited insulin pump centre and functions with a full multi-disciplinary diabetes team. She holds Strategic Centre for Obesity Professional Education (SCOPE) accreditation, an internationally recognised qualification. She has worked as a bariatric physician since 2007 and continues to treat obesity with a holistic approach. Dr Murphy has been part of the committee which developed the first clinical practice guideline for treatment of adult obesity in SA. Visit Diabetes SA · Diabetes SA Facebook

Shayley Basson opens up about what makes her diabetes doctor so good.

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Colin Bosch, an endurance athlete, shares his 46-year journey living with Type 1 diabetes and now peripheral artery disease and neuropathy.

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Lize and Liya-Lomé van der Walt, a mother-and-daughter duo, are proving that Type 1 diabetes doesn’t define them, it simply travels with them.

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Artificial intelligence is changing the world as we know it; with the latest AI-powered predictions helping people manage their diabetes. Visit accu-chekafrica.com · Visit Diabetes SA · Diabetes SA Facebook

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Dietitian Estée van Lingen highlights what you need to be aware of when preparing a health smoothie.

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We look at the different benefits of self-monitoring of blood glucose versus continuous glucose monitoring when managing your glucose levels. Visit Diabetes SA · Diabetes SA Facebook

We hear about the positive impact DSA camps has made in Isabé van Dyk’s life as well as her mother’s, Stefanie Perold.

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Laurelle Williams is the Editor at Word for Word Media. She graduated from AFDA with a Bachelor of Arts Honours degree in Live Performance. She has a love for storytelling and sharing emotions through the power of words. Her aim is to educate, encourage and most of all show there is always hope.

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