Patents for a drug related to Ozempic have expired, so pharmaceutical companies are working to develop ‘generic’ versions. These are likely to be much cheaper. But how do they compare with Ozempic?
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We need to take stock of the promises and limitations of new “miracle” weight loss drugs such as Ozempic, Mounjaro and Wegovy.
The eye is sometimes overlooked as a window on an individual’s overall health. A simple routine examination can help detect a number of diseases.
Childhood diabetes has almost doubled in the last two decades, with massive increases in Finland, Sweden and Norway.
A recent study found people taking a particular type of diabetes drug had a lower risk of developing dementia.
The weight-loss drug Wegovy is now in Australia. Here’s what the science says about the potential benefits and risks of taking it.
Type 1.5 diabetes has features of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
Do you have to say a fond farewell to your favourite ham sarnie or bacon butty? An expert sets the record straight
A study has shown that the NHS soup and shake diet can help some people beat diabetes – but is it all it’s cracked up to be?
Alarmingly, there are influencers suggesting glucose should never ‘spike’ and should always remain within a very tight range, even immediately after meals.
Though a leading cause of liver transplants and an increasing number of young people being diagnosed with the disease, few people have heard of MASLD.
Drinking diet soft drinks occasionally is unlikely to harm your health. Frequent or excessive intake, however, may increase health risks in the longer term.
Healthy eating is increasingly out of reach for struggling families. Since 2014, prices on fruit and vegetables have increased by around 45%, while processed foods have seen just a 14% rise.
The release of a parliamentary committee’s report on diabetes has again highlighted the need to improve Australians’ diets.
As it is now, the transplant system treats kidneys from all Black donors as if they are at higher risk for failing, even though only some are.
There’s more to bad breath than just poor oral hygiene. Halitosis can also serve as a diagnostic tool for various health issues – and can even tell others if you’re on a diet.
People with diabetes are about twice as likely to become seriously ill with COVID-19 compared with those who don’t have diabetes.
In 2022 the top five conditions involved in deaths in Australia were coronary heart disease, dementia, high blood pressure, cerebrovascular disease (such as a stroke) and diabetes.
Diabetes trials are leaving out people who are most affected by diabetes, which creates a series of problems include the greater likelihood of missing rare and potentially dangerous side effects.
Johann Hari’s book opens a deeper conversation about the pros and cons of injectable weight-loss drugs – including whether we really want to trade the pleasure we get from food for losing weight.
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Head of Diabetes Clinics, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
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Professor and Programme Director, SA MRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA (Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Strengthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Public Health Policy, Deakin University
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Professor of Medicine, Monash University
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Assistant Professor of Health Promotion and Policy, UMass Amherst, UMass Amherst
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Professor (Hon) at Monash University, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
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Visiting Academic, Aston Medical School, Aston University
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Project Manager, University of Pretoria Diabetes Research Centre, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Global Health, Institute for Applied Research, University of Birmingham
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Clinical Endocrinologist & Associate Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Physical Activity, Lifestyle, and Population Health, University of Sydney
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Assistant Professor, Bond University
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Professor of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
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General Practitioner, PhD Candidate, Bond University
