Virtual health coach launches in USA
Flinders medical technology spinout Clevertar is taking its ‘clever avatar’ Anna Cares to the USA.
Conquering the fear of needles
Flinders University Nursing student Ahmad Hasyim, an Indonesian who says the fear of needles is particularly strong back home, is fighting back against that fear.
Low dose steroids linked to diabetes
Anti-inflammatory steroids are known to increase the risk of diabetes in high doses, but now researchers from Flinders University have discovered a link between low dose steroids and diabetes.
Diabetes testing program ‘an answer to prayer’
A Flinders University program driven by former international students is an “answer to prayer”, according to a doctor on the front line of the battle against diabetes in Papua New Guinea.
Flinders sets up state’s first autoimmune blood bank
South Australia’s first autoimmune blood bank will be set up by scientists from Flinders University and SA Pathology.
Thin people get diabetes too
Pointing the finger at fat as the major or sole contributor to contracting type 2 diabetes is misleading and wrongly promotes the idea that the condition is entirely self-induced, research at Flinders has found.
Remote Indigenous diabetes care to extend to eyes
A successful diabetes management program run by Flinders University in rural and remote Indigenous communities may soon link with a critical eye screening service.
Flinders researcher a Leading Light
Flinders medical scientist Associate Professor Damien Keating is the winner of the inaugural Leading Light Award from the Australian Society for Medical Research (SA).
Telemedicine vision for remote eye care
Optometrists from Flinders University will soon be able to diagnose and manage eye diseases in rural and remote communities – all from the comfort of their computer chair.