Diabetes
Family Matters: How to care for a child with diabetes
Above the emotional toll of having a child with a chronic illness, it can also be financially draining to manage the diet and medication needed for the child to...
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AstraZeneca, whose separate COVID vaccine rollout has been hampered by health concerns, said its trial "assessing the potential of Farxiga to treat patients hospitalised with COVID-19 who are at risk of developing serious complications... did not achieve statistical significance".
Menzi Ngubane, who played numerous leading roles in local TV dramas, including 'Generations' and 'Isibaya', died following complications from a stroke on Saturday.
The 56-year-old passed away on Saturday, from stroke-related complications, at his home in Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal.
The institution said the late Zulu monarch espoused the principle of unity and the next leader of the Zulu nation must take this legacy forward.
The king is a known diabetic.
In an update of its physical activity guidelines, the UN health agency stressed that exercise was vital to physical and mental health, while sedentary behaviour can have serious repercussions.
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A new technique that grows insulin-producing cells and can protect them from immune attack after they are transplanted may offer new hope for treating some people with diabetes.
The Western Cape Health Department conducted a comprehensive analysis of the comorbidities associated with COVID-19-related deaths in the province.
Alan Winde said diabetes was the number one comorbidity followed by hypertension or high blood pressure.
Mkhize was speaking on a continental panel convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) Africa and the World Economic Forum.
The 61-year-old actress has teamed up with the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association for their Know Diabetes by Heart initiative.
The 27-year-old singer has been fighting type one diabetes since he was a teenager, and has said his experience with the "invisible illness" has been tough, and now wants to teach others how to "thrive" despite their diagnosis.
People suffer from diabetes and heart disease because of overeating, but also from anorexia and bulimia through deliberate undereating, the pope said.
The country's health ministry said that the measures were only a start and it will continue to explore the possibility of a sugar tax or ban.
Each additional 10 centimetres in height translates into a 41% smaller chance of contracting the disease in men and a 33% smaller chance in women, according to the research in the medical journal Diabetologia.