Diabetes

Scientists find hidden placental changes linked to gestational diabetes

Researchers identified a previously unknown placental molecular process disrupted by gestational diabetes, helping explain pregnancy complications and long-term health risks for children.

A pregnant woman checks her blood sugar levels; illustrative.
Prof. Tali Cukierman-Yaffe, MD, MSC, Internal Medicine, Endocrinology

Do Your Parents Have Diabetes? You Should Know That Sometimes, Less Is More

Medicinal plants, proper nutrition and a holistic approach can support balanced sugar levels

Before starting with medications: How to balance blood sugar levels with naturopathy

An opportunity arises to pause, breathe, and listen inward

Placental errors may explain gestational diabetes risks, study finds


Children born underweight are at higher risk for Type 2 Diabetes

The study found that for every additional kilo at birth, there is a connection to a 40% decrease in the risk to develop the disease, a trend that continues to the highest birth weights.

 Illustrative image of a baby drinking from a bottle.

Drugs are not a shortcut to weight loss - opinion

Ultimately, all of these drugs were withdrawn from the market because although they were effective for weight loss, they also harmed and killed people.

 THE WORLD Health Organization has issued a statement that Wegovy is not a ‘silver bullet’ for the ever-worsening obesity crises.

Regular aerobic exercise can help prevent type-2 diabetes - study

Even if you are at high risk for metabolic disease. The exercise should make you sweat and be out of breath.

 Chai Lifeline’s Tour de Simcha fundraising bike ride

Ozempic, Wegovy and Saxenda: How do these weight loss drugs really work?

As a new weight loss drug prepares to enter the market, find out how the existing ones work, and what the difference is between all of them.

 Boxes of Ozempic and Mounjaro, semaglutide and tirzepatide injection drugs used for treating type 2 diabetes and made by Novo Nordisk and Lilly, is seen at a Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah, US March 29, 2023.

How to approach a prediabetes diagnosis

Prediabetes is not quite diabetes, and can ultimately be eliminated. One expert weighs in with immediate health changes to make to avoid the disease.

 A woman with diabetes is seen using an injection (Illustrative).

Weight loss injections can do this scary thing to your face

The drug Ozempic, originally intended to treat diabetes and became a weight loss drug, can do something horrible to your face as a side effect.

 A woman with diabetes is seen using an injection (Illustrative).

Is ice cream healthy? The strangest finding in nutrition science

On the one hand, studies have found health benefits for ice cream, on the other hand, scientists don't really understand how. So, is ice cream healthy or not?

 Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream

Trauma in childhood could lead to type 2 diabetes in adulthood - study

Researchers suggest that interventions to reduce the impact of childhood adversity could also prevent the development of type 2 diabetes in some cases.

A blood glucose test is done to check sugar levels in a Type 2 Diabetes patient

Weight loss drugs: Everyone wants them, but are they even safe?

Experts have been warning for a long time that weight loss injections aren't for everyone, but a recent study found a disturbing side effect: Increased risk of thyroid cancer.

Woman standing on bathroom scale measuring her weight

Does sugar increase the risk of stroke?

Experts from Maccabi Health Services explain which sugars you should avoid - and how you can reduce the dangerous effect of sweets.

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