Diabetes
Diabetes and Pregnancy
Diabetes has been reported as increasing the risk of complications during pregnancy including foetal abnormalities and infant death. How great are these risks and what can women with diabetes do to reduce the risk of pregnancy complications? Dr Robbie Lindsay and Dr Fiona Mackenzie review the evidence. Read…
OBESITY - A REVIEW OF CURRENT TREATMENTS
Obesity has now become a major global health problem and has been associated with a major increase in type 2 diabetes. How can we reduce obesity and what treatments are available? Prof Roland Jung and Dr Alison Avenell review the evidence. Read…
Non alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD): a waist problem
Whilst liver disease is normally associated with alcohol abuse there has been a significant increase in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, a disease sharing features with alcoholic liver disease, but which is caused by obesity and diabetes rather than by alcohol abuse. Dr Norma McAvoy, Dr Khalida Lockman and Professor Peter Hayes review the evidence in relation to this increasing health problem. Read…
The metabolic syndrome – does it really exist?
In this companion to our article on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease Dr Katherine Hughes and Dr Mark Strachan review the evidence in relation to the existence of the metabolic syndrome – the clustering of metabolic abnormalities including obesity and diabetes which can lead to the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Read…
New treatments for type 2 diabetes
Controlling blood glucose in type 2 diabetes remains challenging. All existing drugs have significant limitations and side effects, with some causing weight gain and thereby exacerbating the condition. Dr Katarina Kos and Professor John PH Wilding look at new groups of drugs on the market and under development, and discuss their potential in the management of type 2 diabetes. Read…
