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03 July 2009

Diabetes Australia-NSW is aware that concerns have been raised about a possible link between glargine (Lantus) insulin and cancer.

01 July 2009

Fast food giants agree to reduce advertising targeting children

Seven of Australia’s fast food chains have agreed to only advertise food options that meet specific nutrition criteria in children’s television programs.

24 June 2009

Sleep apnoea common in those with type 2 diabetes and obesity

If you have type 2 diabetes and are carrying too much weight, then there’s a good chance you may suffer from obstructive sleep apnoea.

22 June 2009

Snoring pregnant women at higher risk of gestational diabetes

Women who snore when they are pregnant are at four times greater risk of developing gestational diabetes than women who don’t snore.

Winners

Diabetes Australia Research Trust 2009 recipients

The New South Wales researchers to receive DART 2009 grants were:

Researcher	Institution	Research study
Prof Michael Davies	The Heart Research Institute	Role of hyperglycaemia in altered cellular handling of modified proteins
Dr SueLynn Lau	Garvan Institute: Diabetes & Transcription Factors Group	Vitamin D and Diabetes.
Dr Rebecca Ritchie	Baker Heart Research Institute	Targeting protective cardiac signalling rescues the diabetic heart from cardiomyopathy.
A/Prof Gregory Cooney	Garvan Institute of Medical Research: Diabetes and Obesity Research Program	The role of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and nitrosative protein modifications in the development of insulin resistance and metabolic inflexibility.
Prof Benjamin Freedman	ANZAC Research Institute and Concord Hospital, University of Sydney	Proinflammatory activation of endothelial cells by serum amyloid in diabetes
Dr Sue Mei Lau	Garvan Institute	Effects of lactogenic hormones on ß-cell function and proliferation in pregnancy
Dr Paul Witting	ANZAC Research Institute, University of Sydney	The acute phase protein serum amyloid A promotes endothelial dysfunction in diabetics.
A/ Prof Steve Boutcher	UNSW: School of Medical Sciences, Medical Faculty	The effect of high intensity intermittent exercise on fat loss, insulin resistance, and vascular function in hyperinsulinaemic men
Dr Hui Chen	University of New South Wales: Department of Pharmacology	Activation of brain glucose sensing mTOR pathway to improve glucose tolerance and reduce adiposity in offspring from obese dams
Dr Jenny Gunton	Diabetes & Transcription Factors Group, Garvan Institute	Hypothalmic HIF-1a regulates weight gain and obesity
Dr Neil Hime	School of Medical Sciences (Pathology) & Bosch Institute, The University of Sydney	The role of heme oxygenase-1 in diabetes
Prof David Ernest James	Garvan Institute of Medical Research	The identification of a new action of isulin involving mRNA decay and translation repression.
Dr Vlado Perkovic	Renal Division, The George Institute for International Health	The effect of glucose control and glucose lowering therapies in chronic kidney disease.
Winner of the Viertel Fellowship: Dr Kyle Hoehn	Garvan Institute	Investigating the aetiology of insulin resistance