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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.
Sugary drinks cause weight gain and increase the risk of a range of diseases. But a tax can reduce sales and make us healthier.
Type 2 diabetes is not uniform; it’s a mosaic of conditions, each with its own characteristics. Understanding these subtypes may improve treatment plans and help people manage their condition better.
There are a range of reasons why short sleep might be associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, as a recent study showed. But sleeping too long has also been linked to the condition.
Does weight come back when you stop taking drugs like Ozempic? Are these medications simply another (expensive) form of yo-yo dieting? Here’s what we know so far.
We don’t tell people taking statins to treat high cholesterol or drugs to manage high blood pressure they’re cheating or taking the easy way out. Nor should we when people take drugs like Ozempic.
Ozempic generated A$21 billion of sales in 2023 alone. So how was it developed? And how are its new competitors, Mounjaro and Zepbound, different?
A higher consumption of sugar leads to worse health outcomes, so we need to be mindful of the added sugar we eat.
About 60% of the human body is made up of water. Excessive water loss can be fatal.
No one can escape stress, but sometimes it takes a physical and emotional toll that translates to disease and other health effects. The good news is that there are new approaches to treating it.
South Africa’s national survey of food and nutrition security identifies the areas most in need.
Healthcare workers in South Africa aren’t always well equipped to treat diabetes. This has devastating consequences for patients.
The science of smell is an exciting area of research.
Some states, especially in the Southeastern US, have large disparities in breastfeeding among racial groups, making clear the need to lower barriers for breastfeeding in the workplace and elsewhere.
A new study from Hong Kong shows that reversing type 2 diabetes is much harder than clinical trials suggest. However, all is not lost.
Top contributors
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Head of Diabetes Clinics, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
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Professor of Medicine, Monash University
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Professor (Hon) at Monash University, 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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Assistant Professor of Health Promotion and Policy, UMass Amherst, UMass Amherst
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Project Manager, University of Pretoria Diabetes Research Centre, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Public Health Policy, Deakin University
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Visiting Academic, Aston Medical School, Aston University
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Project Head, Tshwane Insulin Project, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Global Health, Institute for Applied Research, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
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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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Postdoctoral fellow, Johns Hopkins University
