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Inaccurate blood sugar monitors could harm non-diabetics – British study
Popular glucose monitors used to take regular blood sugar readings could be driving poor diets and food restrictions because of inaccurate measurements, according to a recent study.
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Warning about potential air travel effects on insulin pumps
An alert has been issued by Medtronic about possible fluctuations in insulin pump delivery during changes in air pressure during, for example, aeroplane take-offs...
Parents jailed for withholding insulin from dying daughter
The parents of an eight-year-old Australian girl who died after they withheld her insulin – encouraged by members of a small Christian sect who...
SA veering off course in diabetes management
Roughly 60 000 South Africans die annually – before they turn 70 – from diseases that are not caused by an infection like tuberculosis...
Blockbuster diabetic drug now in SA
Aspen Pharmacare has announced the local availability of Eli Lilly’s tirzepatide, marketed globally as Mounjaro.
Mounjaro, the once-weekly glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide receptor and glucagon-like peptide-1...
NHS trials AI tool to predict diabetes risk
England’s NHS is launching a world-first trial of a transformative artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can identify patients at risk of type 2 diabetes...
Chocolate comparison weighs up type 2 diabetes risks – Harvard-led study
Eating at least five tiny servings of dark chocolate each week may lower the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 21%, according to...
SA facing diabetes ‘pandemic’ as cases soar among young people
A critical shortage of specialists to treat diabetics is contributing to the treatment challenges for patients in South Africa where the disease is now...
GLP-1 drugs may protect brain health – US review
Drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic (semaglutide) and Zepbound (tirzepatide) may offer benefits that go beyond weight loss in people with type 2 diabetes or...
Insulin, metformin combo helps heal diabetic foot ulcers – US study
People with chronic diabetic foot ulcers could soon have a new way to treat their wounds for faster healing and fewer hospital stays, according...
Zepbound slashes diabetes risk by 94% – Eli Lilly
Tirzepatide, the active ingredient in the popular weight loss medication, Zepbound, has been shown to reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes in...
Diabetes drug linked to lower dementia risk – Korean study
A drug used to treat type 2 diabetes may reduce the risk of dementia by 35%, according to a large study carried out by...
Processed meat a high risk factor for type 2 diabetes – UK analysis
Meat consumption, particularly of processed meat and unprocessed red meat, is associated with a higher type 2 diabetes risk, suggests an analysis of data...
SA’s diabetes crisis needs urgent response
According to the recently released Diabetes Summit report, around 4.2m South Africans are estimated to be diabetic, while Percept, a Cape Town-based consulting firm,...
New review highlighs diabetes research, treatment advances
In a paper surveying advances in diabetes pathogenesis and treatment, and which explores the complex factors contributing to the onset and progression of the...
SA’s insulin pens supply dries up as weight-loss drugs take priority
South Africa has run out of the human insulin pens for people with diabetes as the global pharmaceutical industry shifts production priorities to blockbuster...
Is pre-diabetes over-diagnosed?
Some experts have disagreed on whether or not pre-diabetes is over-diagnosed, and how and when to screen for this potential precursor to type two...
Weight-loss shots linked to unexpected pregnancies
With claims suggesting that weight-loss jabs may be fuelling an unexpected increase in pregnancies, experts have recommended that women pair the use of drugs...
What period blood can reveal about health
In a move highlighting the potential for future studies and findings, the FDA recently approved the first at-home diagnostic test based on period blood,...
FDA recall as faulty insulin app crashes
More than 200 people with diabetes were injured when their insulin pumps shut down unexpectedly after a problem with a connected mobile app, the...
Diabetes a leading killer in SA, but we don't know how many have it
Although diabetes is the second leading cause of death in SA after TB, there is no clear picture of how many people have it...
Food emulsifiers tied to type 2 diabetes risk – French study
French researchers have identified seven food additive emulsifiers found in ultra-processed foods – including some in previously regarded ‘healthy foods’, like plant-based milk –...
Concern as Health Department omits insulin pens from tender
Doctors have warned that some diabetes patients’ lives could be at risk because the National Department of Health failed to list life-saving premixed insulin...
Hundreds of websites flog fake weight-loss and other drugs
An Israeli cybersecurity firm has taken down more than 250 websites selling fake versions of popular weight-loss and diabetes drugs in the GLP-1 class,...
Eli Lilly warns of insulin shortages
Two formulations of insulin from Eli Lilly would be temporarily out of stock until the beginning of April, the company has said, citing a...
Poor management of ballooning diabetes in SA
Management of diabetes in South Africa – which has seen a notable rise in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes, due to changing diets...