Health shake-up: What could this mean for type 2 diabetes patients?
20 Apr, 2021 08:56 PM
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Health Minister Andrew Little says health professionals are heroes during the health reform presentation. Video / Mark Mitchell
Health Minister Andrew Little says health professionals are heroes during the health reform presentation. Video / Mark Mitchell
Emma Russell is a health reporter for the New Zealand Heraldemma.russell@nzherald.co.nz
For 10 years John was prescribed high doses of insulin to combat his type 2 diabetes - until he met Dr Glen Davis.
The Taupō GP helped reverse his chronic condition by changing his diet and lifestyle and he no longer needed insulin.
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Craig Kawiti has lost 20kg in eight weeks by changing his diet and walking. Photo / George Novak
Craig Kawiti has lost 20kg in eight weeks by changing his diet and walking. Photo / George Novak
Eight weeks ago Craig Kawiti couldn t walk to his mailbox. Overweight with a weak heart and diabetes, the kind and bubbly Tauranga man was unrecognisable thanks to a beard he d grown to hide from his friends.
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