New guide for diagnosing gestational diabetes
Guidelines on the diagnosis of gestational diabetes will be overhauled in Australia amid concerns too many low-risk pregnant women are being subject to monitoring and treatment with unclear benefits.
Diabetes
From tragedy to triumph: how the Bali bombings forged a medical dream team
From the horror of the 2002 Bali bombings a story has emerged of friendship, ingenuity and innovation, with the near death of a footballer leading to a medical breakthrough that is revolutionising patient care.
Americans have an appetite for taking on Big Food producers
There is no more non-partisan issue than safeguarding what people are eating and how it affects their health.
One year, two breakups: my girlfriend, and my pancreas
At first, I got sick and started shedding weight. I was constantly dehydrated. They were telltale symptoms of an undiagnosed diabetic, but I thought that only happened to kids.
Diabetes drugs hoarded in cities
Australia is failing to ensure that new-generation drugs that could help prevent a devastating tide of diabetes complications are made available to the sickest in the country.
Want to avoid or delay diabetes? Here’s how
A new study suggests that a fasting regimen could reduce the risk of the disease – along with your biological age.
Diabetes’ drain on private health funds revealed
Private insurers have outlined the staggering cost of diabetes to health funds, and called for radical change to fight the disease.
Is this seriously a treatment for diabetes?
The endorsement of a popular brand of meal replacement shakes by a peak health body has exposed ‘deeply disturbing’ links to a multi-national food company.
Silent epidemic ravages nation’s poorest citizens
Becoming an amputee at 44 was not the life Eric Fanene ever imagined. But the creep of this disease is often silent. He is one of many thousands of Australians falling through the gaps of our health system.
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