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Diabetes

Family Matters: How to care for a child with diabetes

By Keely Goodall

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...

  • FILE: Picture: @MukapuZA/Twitter.

    MukapuZA cereal is designed for diabetic people

    MukapuZA is an organic plant-based meal replacement manufacturing company that pioneers indigenous immunity meal replacements.

    352 days ago
  • Rooibos. Picture: Pixabay.com

    HEALTH CHECK: Beware of social media posts promoting rooibos tea as a ‘cure-all’

    According to the internet, one of South Africa’s favourite beverages, rooibos tea, can cure many ills. But are these claims accurate?

    489 days ago
  • FILE: Vials of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and a syringe. Picture: Joel Saget/AFP.

    AstraZeneca suffers diabetes drug setback for COVID

    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".

    492 days ago
  • FILE: SA actor Menzi Ngubane. Picture: @menzingubaneza/Twitter.

    Menzi Ngubane’s funeral arrangements expected to be finalised today

    Menzi Ngubane, who played numerous leading roles in local TV dramas, including 'Generations' and 'Isibaya', died following complications from a stroke on Saturday.

    521 days ago
  • SA actor Menzi Ngubane. Picture: @menzingubaneza/Twitter.

    Menzi Ngubane’s family thanks those who stood by him in his battle with diabetes

    The 56-year-old passed away on Saturday, from stroke-related complications, at his home in Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal.

    522 days ago
  • FILE: Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini greets his supporters at The Moses Mabhida Football Stadium in Durban on 7 October 2018. Picture: AFP

    KZN House of Traditional Leaders: King Zwelithini’s successor must be a unifier

    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.

    522 days ago
  • FILE: Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini greets his supporters at The Moses Mabhida Football Stadium in Durban on 7 October 2018. Picture: AFP

    King Zwelithini in ICU due to unstable glucose levels

    The king is a known diabetic.

    556 days ago
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    Pandemic or not, people must stay active: WHO

    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.

    629 days ago
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    ADCO CBD: The myths, the legends – now backed by science

    Legendary stress and pain relief within your reach.

    701 days ago
  • A diabetes glucose test. Picture: Pixabay

    Stem cell treatment offers new hope for diabetics

    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.

    727 days ago
  • Blood glucose monitor and flex pen for injecting insulin.Picture: Freeimages.com

    Diabetes, hypertension the common comorbidities among COVID-19 deaths in WC

    The Western Cape Health Department conducted a comprehensive analysis of the comorbidities associated with COVID-19-related deaths in the province.

    757 days ago
  • Western Cape Premier Alan Winde gets tested for COVID-19: Image: Twitter.

    W Cape exploring new ways to support diabetics amid COVID-19

    Alan Winde said diabetes was the number one comorbidity followed by hypertension or high blood pressure.

    771 days ago
  • FILE: Health Minister Zweli Mkhize. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News.

    Mkhize: Other diseases are still being attended to amid COVID-19 outbreak

    Mkhize was speaking on a continental panel convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) Africa and the World Economic Forum.

    839 days ago
  • US actor Angela Bassett. Picture: @im.angelabassett/Instagram.

    Angela Bassett wants to raise awareness for type 2 diabetes

    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.

    979 days ago
  • Nick Jonas. Picture: @Nickjonas/Twitter

    Nick Jonas' 'lonely' diabetes battle

    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.

    1019 days ago
  • FILE: Pope Francis. Picture: AFP

    Pope warns overeating is 'avenue of personal destruction'

    People suffer from diabetes and heart disease because of overeating, but also from anorexia and bulimia through deliberate undereating, the pope said.

    1036 days ago
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    Singapore to become first country to ban ads for very sugary drinks

    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.

    1042 days ago
  • Blood glucose monitor and flex pen for injecting insulin.Picture: Freeimages.com

    Shorter people run higher risk of diabetes - study

    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.

    1073 days ago
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