Diabetes
latest news & developments
Weighty issue: Why health is the most valuable investment SA can make
Tackling the linked issues of obesity and diabetes requires changes in policy, economics and social attitudes
The UN had a plan to fight deadly lifestyle diseases. Industry pressure killed most of it
At the UN General Assembly high-level meeting in New York next week, South Africa is expected to join other countries in signing a watered down declaration meant to curb diseases…
Women’s body image is shaped by abusing diabetic drugs such as Ozempic
Ideals of what beauty is, exacerbated by social media and artificial intelligence, has the potential to harm women’s health – young women in particular
Diabetes is a disease that thrives on inequity
South Africa must treat the conditions that breed diabetes, including by making healthy food affordable
National Health Insurance system will mean little if we don’t offer the right kind of care
Although the NHI offers much-needed reform, it must find a new way to care for patients – an approach that treats people emotionally, physically, socially, psychologically and…
Trump’s HIV funding cuts will also hit diabetes, cervical cancer and depression hard
As government clinics take on HIV patients who were previously treated by Pepfar-funded projects, the treatment of conditions like diabetes and heart disease will come under…
Why SA needs to get a grip on diabetes – fast
About 60 000 South Africans die in a year from diseases that are not caused by tuberculosis or HIV before they turn 70, and about a fifth of these are from diabetes
Diabetes in South Africa: the need for evidence-based science and decisive leadership
Diabetes has become one of South Africa’s most pressing public health issues. We desperately need evidence-based science and decisive leadership to address this mounting crisis
Time to take diabetes seriously in South Africa
We need a health system that not only provides medication but also encourages a healthy lifestyle. Group empowerment, digital solutions, and telehealth could help with this
Should SA force big drug makers to let others make insulin pens too?
The pens are running out in public hospitals because of Novo Nordisk’s decision to stop supplying it to the health department
How climate change affects people with diabetes
Having diabetes is bad enough but heat waves, floods, air pollution and infectious illnesses make dealing with it harder and increase rates
Diabetes the top non-communicable disease killer in South Africa
Among NCDs is diabetes, which is likely to afflict 8.75 million people by 2040 and requires urgent government intervention
Africans can solve TB, the disease that haunts us. Here’s how
Africans need to be fully involved in drug discovery and development research for tuberculosis on the continent
A shift to whole grain food would reduce malnutrition and diseases
Refining wheat, maize and rice removes their nutritional value, which contributes to preventable diseases such as strokes, diabetes and obesity
Education is key in management of diabetes pandemic
Diabetes has been described as one of the fastest growing global health emergencies of the 21st century.