Spin for Diabetes

April 15th, 2010 by Derek

On April 22nd, Greensense Managing Director Derek Gerrard is participating in Spin to Cure Diabetes, an event that raises money for type 1 diabetes research. If you would like to support financially you can donate here, or come down to Central Park at 1pm and watch him sweat it out.

Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that is not caused by diet or lifestyle. Around 140,000 Australian children and adults live with this incurable, chronic disease and five more are diagnosed every day.

An individual with type 1 diabetes needs up to six insulin injections every day, just to stay alive, as well as multiple finger prick blood sugar tests.

While insulin keeps people alive, it is not a cure. Having diabetes can still cause serious health complications such as blindness, heart disease and kidney failure.

So that’s why at Greensense we want to help JDRF fund vital medical research into finding a cure.

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