The growing number of young Kiwis with diabetes could drain our health system 16 March 2021
A shocking new report s found Type Two diabetes could cost us 3.5 billion dollars a year by 2040, up from the current cost of 2.1 billion.
It s also highlighted a trend in diabetes emerging at younger ages.
Otago University researcher Rachael Taylor says unless we act now, the long term impacts will be enormous.
She says someone starting at age 25 costs about 600-thousand dollars over their lifetime, whereas if they don t develop it until age 65, it only costs about 50-thousand.
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Turkey Vows To Keep Fighting Islamophobia On Agenda
Marking International Day to Combat Islamophobia, Ankara vows to keep issue on international agenda. Turkey on Monday pledged to keep fighting Islamophobia on the international agenda as March 15 marks the International Day to Combat Islamophobia.
Commemorating victims of the 2019 Christchurch terror attack in New Zealand, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement: On the occasion of second anniversary of the terrorist attack perpetrated in Christchurch/New Zealand on 15 March 2019, we commemorate with respect and mercy those 51 people who lost their lives, including one Turkish citizen. Turkey plays a leading role in combatting Islamophobia and intolerance at international fora and supports the efforts of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) at this direction, the statement added. To this end, the OIC Contact Group on Muslims in Europe was establis
DALLAS — The U.S. government plans to house up to 3,000 immigrant teenagers at a convention centre in downtown Dallas as it struggles to find space for a surge of migrant children at the border who . . .