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The eye is sometimes overlooked as a window on an individual’s overall health. A simple routine examination can help detect a number of diseases.
Oats have many health benefits – including keeping our bowels regular and healthy.
Office workers are sedentary for hours at a time. Our research looked at what they should do to stay healthy.
The Atlantic diet draws inspiration from the traditional eating habits of people living in Spain and Portugal.
Healthcare workers in South Africa aren’t always well equipped to treat diabetes. This has devastating consequences for patients.
Weight loss can seem like an impossible, unachievable task. But you don’t need to lose a lot of weight to start noticing the health benefits.
Despite their high fat content, almonds, nuts and other shelled fruits do not make you put on weight. In fact, research continues to marvel over their seemingly endless health benefits.
If you try supplements, you still need to eat a healthy diet, exercise, reduce your stress, quit smoking and get enough sleep. Even then, they may still not be enough.
Don’t be intimidated by the package insert that comes with your medication. Learning how to read it can help you better understand how drugs work.
Research shows the key to changing your diet is focusing on changing eating habits and food behaviours, one at a time.
Improving diabetes care in South Africa requires strong will and support from health authorities, introduction of clinical information systems, the use of technology and digital solutions.
Rainwater may be contaminated with chemicals and scientists are still uncertain about their effects.
It has long puzzled researchers why Latinos seem to have lower rates of heart disease than their non-Latino counterparts, even though they have higher risk factors for heart disease.
Proponents of intermittent fasting say the clock can help you win the battle of the bulge. But the science behind it is a little more complicated.
As a laureate professor in nutrition and dietetics, people often ask me what I eat. Here are four plant-based foods I have on my weekly grocery list.
A growing body of research shows that nutrition, sleep, exercise and a host of other lifestyle choices can help optimize the immune system. But they are no substitute for life-saving vaccines.
Targets for diabetes would improve healthy lives, reduce deaths, and be cost effective. But they should not be for managing diabetes alone; they must include treating hypertension.
Gene silencing drugs target the underlying causes of a disease, rather than the symptoms it causes.
Here’s all the things you need to know about the mighty egg.
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland
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Chairperson, Diabetes Alliance; Co-founder, Diabetes Research Centre, University of Pretoria
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Lecturer on Health Care Policy, Harvard University
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Clinical Associate Professor, University of Sydney
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Professor of Global Health, Institute for Applied Research, University of Birmingham
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Senior Lecturer, School of Medicine, Griffith University
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Senior Visiting Fellow, School of Medical Sciences, UNSW
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Professor of Medicine, Queen's University, Ontario
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Team Head, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, QIMR Berghofer
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Internal Medicine Resident, Queen's University, Ontario
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Professor of Anatomy, Lancaster University
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Research Associate, Social Science Research Unit (SSRU), Department of Social Science (DSS), UCL Institute of Education, UCL
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Senior Cultural Advisor, Rheumatic Heart Disease Australia, Menzies School of Health Research
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Associate Professor in Biology and Biomedical Science, Aston University