To identify threats to the health of mothers and children, birth cohort studies look at groups of moms and their babies from birth or even earlier and follow them for many years.
Type 1 diabetes develops when the body destroys its own insulin-producing cells. Using stem cells to replace them could be a way to get around donor shortages and transplant complications.
Frybread — a simple, versatile “comfort food” for many Indigenous communities — embodies the contradictions that have dictated Indigenous food and health in North America since colonization.
In a new review, we explored the impact of physical activity on type 2 diabetes among First Nations Australians. But there wasn’t much data to be found.
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?
Alarmingly, there are influencers suggesting glucose should never ‘spike’ and should always remain within a very tight range, even immediately after meals.
Drinking diet soft drinks occasionally is unlikely to harm your health. Frequent or excessive intake, however, may increase health risks in the longer term.
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