What is the best medical aid for diabetics in South Africa? Which medical aids cover the necessary medication and doctor’s visits most fully?
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Sweet Life is South Africa’s diabetes community: a space to share information and advice about living well with diabetes, both here on the website and…
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Sweet Life is South Africa’s diabetes community: a space to share information and advice about living well with diabetes, both here on the website and…
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One of our Diabetic South Africans community members, Krsangi Radhe, has offered to write us a series of articles on mindfulness for diabetes. If you…
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In the last year, South Africans with diabetes have raised their voices online. Not just in online communities like Diabetic South Africans, but individually. Here…
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That’s the question everyone wants to know on Diabetic South Africans: what do we know about COVID-19 and diabetes? There’s not enough data in South…
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I am delighted to report that Sweet Life now has isiZulu, Afrikaans and isiXhosa diabetes translations. This has been a dream of ours for a…
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If you’re a Type 1 diabetic between the age of 18 and 30 and you want to get more involved in diabetes advocacy, read on!…
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We should all be talking about prediabetes. If there’s one thing the coronavirus pandemic is teaching us, it’s that we’re capable of making dramatic changes…
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Our regular guest writer Maryna has some advice to share today about work stress and diabetes. How do you cope with work stress? Maryna shares…
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Ever wondered what it’s like to be on the other side of diabetes – the partner of someone with diabetes? Here at Sweet Life, we’ve…
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Are you in Durban? Do you have diabetes, or know someone with diabetes? Then join Diabetes SA for their 2nd annual fundraising brunch for the…
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Our regular contributor Jane Sandwood tackles the topic of how to quit smoking if you have diabetes. Have you managed to quit smoking? Do you…
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Earlier today, a mom messaged me on our diabetes community Facebook page, Diabetic South Africans, to say that she desperately needed strips for her Type…
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Bridget McNulty, editor of Sweet Life diabetes community, was recently interviewed on the Expresso show on SABC3. The segment was about what Type 2 diabetes…
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The International Diabetes Federation reports an average of three and a half million people in South Africa are living with diabetes. Three and a half…
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From our community blog: Hi there, I am new to this site. Last night I was at the casualty section of Wilgeheuwel Hospital in Joburg…
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What is hypoglycemia? Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) can be scary for all involved: here’s what you need to know to deal with one. Hypoglycemia (a…
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