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Are you on shift work? It could increase your risk of diabetes
Men are most at risk, a new study suggests.
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Men are most at risk, a new study suggests.
The absence of two nurses means another two have to be trained in on the treatment.
Poorly controlled type 2 diabetes often results in the need for insulin injections.
Joe McPhilips has told the story of how he went blind, in the hope of reminding people of the importance of correctly managing their diabetes.
GOT to stop chopping onions at the computer.
Jay Radcliffe showed that the pump he uses can be hacked to make diabetics overdose.
A dietary metamorphosis adopted in Finland in the 1970s has seen heart disease, some cancers and obesity levels drop dramatically. We should take note.
Our current model of healthcare was developed to deal with a very different world: one in which people did not survive long into old age and acute illness was the main cause of death.
A large-scale study is needed, argues one expert.
Unfortunately, there was no good news for tea drinkers – be they Barry or Lyons.
Doctors previously lacked definitive evidence that such treatment was effective.
They say the risk should monitored closely during clinical trials of glucose-lowering medication.
The World Health Organisation is expected to reduce the recommended amount of sugar consumed daily by 50 per cent.
There’s a strong correlation between weight and income. John Verling asks whether we’re in danger of criminalising being fat while missing the nub of the problem …
More than 371 million people in the world have diabetes, but one in two of us could be unaware that we have it.
This number is likely to rise dramatically by the end of this decade, a conference on public health heard yesterday.
Fancy stopping Father Time? Eat your greens and meditate, researchers say.
The Dublin footballer on the challenges of playing sport while being a coeliac and having Type 1 diabetes.
Researchers have found that some pet dogs respond to their owners’ hypoglycaemic state.
Men who fail to eat in the morning have a 27 percent higher risk of heart attack than those who eat breakfast, a new study shows.
Abstaining from eating, drinking and using oral medications from dawn to sunset could cause hypoglycemia.
A leading researcher believes that because ‘type 2 diabetes’ has various causes and treatments, the term is misleading.
A new study shows that drinking one can of a sugar-sweetened soft drink a day can increase the risk of diabetes by a fifth.
Foot ulceration will affect up to 25 per cent of people with diabetes and may result in amputation.
You know it’s not good… but do you know the specifics?
Authors of the study say results show that Ireland needs to introduce universal screening for pregnant women for GDM.
Thomas Pringle TD has called on the government to provide insulin pump services for children with diabetes nationwide.
Scientific report says Ireland has lowest breast feeding rates in Europe.
Smoking, drinking and over-eating are causing insurance policies to rise, says Caledonian Life.
The research was undertaken by Marie Curie Fellow Lydia Lynch at Trinity College Dublin, and showed the importance of ‘iNKT’ cells in managing obesity and diabetes.
A new study shows that the tail of the pancreas is exposed to radiation, patients are significantly more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes later in life.
US and Vietnam are commencing a landmark project to remove dangerous defoliant sprayed by American forces to defoliate Vietnam’s forests.
The number of people in Ireland living with diabetes expected to rise by 30 per cent over the ten years to 2020.
The research, which was undertaken in England, showed that women who had Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes and became pregnant were four times more likely to give birth to a child with birth defects.
Malam Bacai Sanha had been frequently hospitalised abroad in his two years as president. There are no immediate details on the cause of his death.
As it launches its Know Your Numbers campaign, the Diabetes Federation of Ireland has described the situation as a “national crisis”. There are an estimated 30,000 people with undiagnosed diabetes in this country.
The Irish Government is considering introducing a sugar tax as one way to address the growing problems of obesity and Type II Diabetes.
Comedian Brendan Grace is one of the advocates for the vaccine after discovering that as he has diabetes he is at risk for pneumo flu.
People who eat more chocolate are less likely to suffer heart disease and strokes, according to a new academic review.