Diabetes
Lydia Villa-Komaroff Has Spent Four Decades Fighting For Diversity in Science
“I was almost done with graduate school before I met scientists of colour whom I could look to as mentors.”
After Escaping War, Syrian Refugees Are Left Facing ‘Silent Killers'
Non-communicable diseases like diabetes are prevalent among some refugee communities.
The Disease We're Getting Wrong
Radio Motherboard talks to producer Elliot Kirschner about The New Face of Diabetes.
How a BMI Fallacy Convinced the World that Diabetes Is a Disease of Excess
While most of the medical community treats type II diabetes as something to be prevented through exercise and healthy food, the rapid growth rate of the disease in developing countries calls for a more thorough approach.
The Future of Diabetes Treatment Could Come From Platypus Venom
Australian scientists have discovered platypus venom contains a hormone that is also found in humans, and which triggers the release of insulin.
Why Australians Are Coming Down with Scurvy
A dozen patients at a Sydney hospital were recently found to be suffering from scurvy—a condition more usually associated with 18th-century sailors.
Google Looks to Detect Diabetic Eye Disease With Machine Learning
Google said its algorithm diagnosed diabetic retinopathy just as accurately as opthamologists.
San Francisco and Oakland are the latest cities to face soda tax votes
"We don't trust where the money's going to go," one Oakland resident told VICE News.
The World Health Organisation Just Called for a Global Sugar Tax
A new report from WHO says that taxing sugary drinks by at least 20 percent would proportionally reduce consumption and obesity-related diseases like diabetes and cancer.