Diabetes
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Articial organ hope for diabetes
Children with diabetes may eventually be given artificial organs to manage their insulin, researchers reported today. Read more
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Decaf best against diabetes
People who drink large amounts of coffee and tea seem to gain protection against developing diabetes – especially if the coffee is decaf, researchers said last night. Read more
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Ten-year trial shows how to prevent diabetes
People whose poor diets, unfitness and weight put them at risk of developing diabetes can be helped to stave the disease off for a decade with a choice of treatments, researchers reported last night. Read more
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Improved weight loss drug targets hormones
Trial results are looking promising for a new drug to treat obesity, researchers have reported. Read more
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Chance that Chinese herbs may hold back diabetes
There is a possibility that Chinese herbal medicines have help prevent diabetes, but more evidence is needed, experts say today. Read more
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Child health – all in the playground?
Popular and dominant children really are set up to do well in life, researchers report today. Read more
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Gene breakthrough offers diabetes hope
British researchers have found a genetic clue to the causes of type 2 diabetes, normally linked to obesity and poor diet. Read more
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Diabetics urged to take pill
People with diabetes should continue to take aspirin to prevent heart disease – in spite of questions about the pill, an expert said yesterday. Read more
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New hope for asthma allergy treatment
Drugs under development for diabetes may offer a radical new treatment to prevent asthma attacks sparked by allergies, researchers have reported. Read more
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More should take cholesterol drugs – researchers
Supposedly healthy people should take cholesterol-lowering drugs – if they are at risk of heart disease, researchers report today. Read more