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Diabetes

Diabetes is a chronic disease that can cause potentially fatal conditions, including kidney and heart failure. It can be treated, avoided or delayed with a healthy diet, physical activity, medication, regular screening.

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How men can take charge of their health

How men can take charge of their health

Men go to the doctor less often and lead unhealthier lives than women. As a result, diseases are often discovered late.
ScienceApril 15, 202404:15 min
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Weight loss injection

Weight loss injection

The diabetes drug Ozempic and new obesity shot Wegovy show great promise.
HealthFebruary 1, 202404:19 min
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How AI can detect diabetes with a 10-second voice sample

How AI can detect diabetes with a 10-second voice sample

Voice analysis AI can be a useful diagnostic tool for type 2 diabetes, but it comes with a warning label.
HealthNovember 14, 2023
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Can we treat autoimmune disease with 'inverse' vaccines?

Can we treat autoimmune disease with 'inverse' vaccines?

Inverse vaccines stop the immune system from attacking healthy cells, and may help treat multiple sclerosis or diabetes.
ScienceSeptember 28, 2023
DW Sendung | In good shape vom 15.09.2023 | Myokine

Muscles release healthy hormones during strength training

Muscles release healthy hormones during strength training

When we work our muscles, they release myokines that help to prevent diseases like cancer, diabetes and osteoporosis.
HealthSeptember 19, 202307:18 min
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'We will, we will, inject you!'

'We will, we will, inject you!'

On this week's show, we ponder roundworms in the brain, a new kind of carbon tax and a novel insulin injection method.
ScienceSeptember 3, 202330:00 min
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In the spotlight

Children in Kolkata hold signs during world diabetes day in 2017

India's AI biotech takes on diabetes epidemic

Innovative technology driven by artificial intelligence is enabling early detection and treatment of diabetes in India.
HealthAugust 31, 2023
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Stigma and ignorance at heart of India's diabetes problem

India is seeing a rapid rise in childhood diabetes cases. The country's handling of the crisis is being questioned.
HealthJuly 21, 2023
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Diabetes cases predicted to rise to 1.3 billion by 2050

A new study projects that global diabetes cases will rise from 529 million to 1.3 billion by 2050.
ScienceJune 23, 2023
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Noise: The invisible threat

Noise is not only a nuisance, it also increasingly affects people's health and disrupts ecosystems.
Nature and EnvironmentApril 26, 2022