Diabetes
- Diabetes, Global development, Global health, Nepal, Society, South and Central Asia, Ultra-processed foods, World news
Traditional food could help reverse Nepal’s ‘diabetes epidemic’, studies suggest
With medication largely unaffordable in the country, experts hope community support and a change in diet could…
- Diabetes, Health, India, Obesity, Pharmaceuticals industry, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
India’s doctors sound alarm over boom in availability of weight loss jabs
Country is facing epidemic of diabetes and obesity, but experts say widespread and unregulated use of weight l…
- Americas, Asia Pacific, China, Diabetes, Drugs, India, Japan, Medical research, Mexico, Obesity, Science, Society, South and Central Asia, UK news, US news, World news
New daily weight-loss pill shows success at clinical trial
Orforglipron also reduced blood sugar levels in participants with type 2 diabetesA significant trial of a dail…
- Bangladesh, Diabetes, Global development, Older people, Pollution, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
Cars before people: how chaotic, polluted Dhaka is failing its elderly citizens
Pollution, traffic, noise – the busy streets of the Bangladeshi capital prohibit many who are ill or have limi…
- Colonialism, Diabetes, Food science, Health, India, Indian food and drink, Inequality, Medicine, Race, South and Central Asia, World news
How British colonialism increased diabetes in south Asians
South Asians today are between four and six times more likely to get type 2 diabetes than white people. While …
- Business, Diabetes, Global development, Health, Healthcare industry, India, Pharmaceuticals industry, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
‘I skip meals to make my insulin last’: the cost of diabetes in the global south
The three firms that control the insulin market are to cut costs in the US, but elsewhere users can spend all …
- Diabetes, Environment, Farming, Food, Global development, Global health, India, Rice, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, World news
Back to brown: how a shift away from refined white rice could cut diabetes
The secret to a healthier diet has been around for centuries: a return to unprocessed grain in its natural sta…
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China’s ‘hidden epidemics’: the preventable diseases that could reshape a nation
Stratospheric economic growth since the late 1970s has brought great prosperity, along with ‘western-style’ he…
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‘I should eat more vegetables’: living with diabetes in rural China
Li acknowledges the link between his changing diet and his diabetes, a disease that costs him a large chunk of…
- Cancer, Diabetes, Global development, Health, Society, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, World news
‘I’m on death row’: Sri Lankans forced to choose either food or vital drugs
Lifesaving medication for cancer, heart disease and diabetes is growing scarcer and more expensive as the econ…
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‘Our diet is killing us quietly’: Fiji’s diabetes crisis
Nearly one-third of Fijians have diabetes, and the disease is often not caught until amputation, or even death…