diabetes

Children's Health 05 Dec 2018

Being large for gestational age at birth combined with maternal diabetes is associated with a near-trebling of child’s risk of obesity | Canada

New research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes [EASD]) shows that children who are larger than average at birth (large for gestational age or LGA) and born to mothers with gestational diabetes are almost three times as likely to be obese as…

Children's health 07 Jan 2018

How diabetes in pregnancy affects baby’s heart

Researchers have discovered how high glucose levels — whether caused by diabetes or other factors — keep heart cells from maturing normally.

Children's health 26 Dec 2017

New type 1 diabetes treatment

Researchers at The University of Queensland are hoping a new form of immunotherapy could lead to better treatment of type 1 diabetes.

Children's health 23 Oct 2017

Recognising monogenic diabetes is vital for its management

Identifying monogenic diabetes – a rare type of diabetes caused by a single genetic mutation — in the young is crucial for appropriate therapies.

Exercise 10 Oct 2017

Eccentric exercise workout with Professor Ken Nosaka

Watch how to do an eccentric exercise sequence for diabetes prevention, developed by Professor Ken Nosaka and performed here with instructions.

Fitness 21 Sep 2017

Eccentric exercise explained by Professor Ken Nosaka

Exercises involving eccentric movements that contract or lengthen muscles have increased health benefits, explains Professor Ken Nosaka in this video.

Children's health 18 May 2017

Modest Increases in Kids’ Physical Activity Could Avert Billions

Elementary school children who participate in physical activity would avoid medical costs and lost wages over the course of their lifetimes, new research suggests.

Cancer 17 Sep 2016

Symptoms of mitochondrial disease commonly misdiagnosed

At least 30 Australian children born every week are at risk of developing some form of mitochondrial disease in their lifetimes, yet 90% of affected…

Children's health 07 Jun 2015

Important Role of Insulin in Making Breast Milk

A new study by scientists at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the University of California Davis adds to their previous research implicating insulin’s role…