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People living with diabetes may be able to reduce their risk of developing depression and other mood disorders by including…
Medical advances are important but we believe the key to living successfully with diabetes is something else entirely. Paying attention to the behavioural and psychological aspects of the condition is…
Diabetes rates in Australia are high but its prevalence in the Indigenous population is between three and four times higher than the rest of the population. And we are fast running out of time to stop…
Diabetes is arguably the nation’s greatest public health challenge, affecting over one million Australians. People with diabetes have high sugar levels in the blood which can damage nerves and blood vessels…
A new drug tested on rodents may help prevent the development of type 2 diabetes and reverse its progression. The drug blocks…
What causes two out of every three deaths in the world, has been described by the Director-General of the World Health Organisation as “a slow motion disaster” and by the Secretary-General of the UN a…
Research has found that people with blood sugar levels at the high end of the normal range are at the same risk of brain…
Ginger could help manage high levels of blood sugar in diabetic individuals, a new study has found. Researchers discovered…
Traditional Aboriginal and Indian plants may help manage diabetes, a new study shows. Twelve medicinal plant extracts were…
OBESE NATION: It’s time to admit it - Australia is becoming an obese nation. Today we launch a series looking at how this has happened and, more importantly, what we can do to stop the obesity epidemic…
A new lifestyle program has been created for women at high risk of developing gestational diabetes. Researchers at Monash…
Like politics, football and global warming, obesity is a topic that attracts huge attention in the media as well as talk on the street and in coffee lounges. This is not surprising since it is the most…
The goji berry of Tibet could help patients affected by blindness as a result of long-term diabetes, new research has found…
Bad oral health can have a significant negative impact on people’s quality of life. It can also affect other diseases that they may be suffering. But whether oral ill-health causes general health problems…
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently revised the safety labels for statins, widely used anti-cholesterol drugs. They mandated label warnings saying statins may increase the risk of type 2…
Babies born through IVF procedures are at greater risk of developing heart problems, according to research that suggests “manipulating nature in this way may have some adverse results”, an Australian IVF…
People who eat chocolate on a regular basis tend to be thinner, even when they do not exercise more often, a new study claims. But health experts have warned that the findings of the study, published today…
Eating white rice on a regular basis could substantially increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to an assessment that reports a greater prevalence of the condition in Asian studies…
Scientists have identified one way of making a frustratingly tricky transplant – of insulin-producing “islets of Langerhans…
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