10/03/2010 | A trial comparing the metabolic benefits of swimming and walking has challenged the assumption that all kinds of aerobic exercise give similar effects on parameters such as body weight, lipid levels and blood glucose.
10/03/2010 | A diabetes researcher has been awarded a National Health and Medical Research Council Excellence Award this week.
04/03/2010 | Fifty per cent more Australian women will be diagnosed with gestational diabetes under new international recommendations that change the diagnostic threshold.
24/02/2010 | Treatment of mild gestational diabetes during pregnancy substantially reduces macrosomia at birth but has no effect on BMI at 4-5 years, Australian researchers conclude.
18/02/2010 | People taking statins are at a slightly increased risk of type 2 diabetes, but this risk is low in absolute terms and is greatly outweighed by the benefits, researchers say.
18/02/2010 | A study has confirmed patients with type 2 diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease are at a substantially increased risk of death.
11/02/2010 | In teenagers with a BMI over 35, gastric lap banding helped almost all shed at least 50% of their excess weight, or an average of 35kg, an Australian trial shows.
11/02/2010 | Rotation of injection sites should be checked regularly in patients with diabetes using insulin, especially when glycaemic control is not as good as expected, a new study has suggested.
10/02/2010 | Insulin pumps should now be affordable for most children with diabetes who need them, with the Federal government saying it will subsidise up to 80% of their cost.
10/02/2010 | Use of a closed-loop insulin delivery system in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes improves glycaemic control and reduces the risk for nocturnal hypoglycaemia, research shows.