Tagged: Diabetes

The ‘Impossible Burger’ is not genetically modified - Code for life

Grant Jacobs • Jul 06, 2018 •

• biosynthesis,
• Diabetes,
• GE,
• genetic engineering,
• genetic modification,
• gmo,
• Impossible Burger,
• insulin,
• New Zealand

In the New Zealand media and social media people are talking about this genetically modified ‘Impossible Burger’. Except it’s not. Sorry everyone, but it really isn’t genetically modified. What was genetic engineered is a yeast that makes one of the ingredients used in the ‘Impossible Burger’. It’s just a different way of making that ingredient. The ingredient is the same … Read More

We’ve made ‘smart egg-cartons’ to transport cells to cure diabetes - Guest Work

Guest Author • Apr 19, 2018 •

• Australia,
• Beta cells,
• biomaterials,
• blood vessels,
• Diabetes,
• diabetes type 1,
• diabetes type 2,
• insulin,
• islets,
• keyhole surgery,
• langerhans,
• New Zealand,
• packaging,
• pancreas,
• protein,
• Transplant

Aurelien Forget, Queensland University of Technology; Darling Rojas-Canales, University of Adelaide, and Tim Dargaville, Queensland University of Technology This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. We have developed “smart egg-carton” packages for transporting live human pancreas cells for transplantation to diabetic patients. The egg-cartons provide oxygen and … Read More

Mental health disorders among leading causes of children’ illness - News

Jean Balchin • Apr 13, 2018 •

• anxiety,
• children,
• Depression,
• Diabetes,
• Europe,
• hallucinations,
• Health,
• Infectious disease,
• Mental health,
• Panic attack,
• panic disorder,
• paranoia,
• Psychology,
• Schizophrenia,
• social anxiety disorder

According to a study published in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, although global rates of mental disorders in children have remained stable over time, the decline of infectious diseases will place mental disorders among the main causes of disease in children aged 4-15 years. In the study, Marie-Laure Baranne and Bruno Falissard at INSERM, France describe the prevalence of mental … Read More

And now the Brits are doing it: A sugary drink tax levy on the industry - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • Apr 03, 2018 •

• Diabetes,
• economics,
• Grattan institute,
• GST,
• Lancet,
• Obesity,
• soda,
• soft drinks,
• sugar,
• Sugar Tax,
• tax,
• tobacco consumption,
• tony blakely,
• UK

Prof Tony Blakely, Prof Nick Wilson, Dr Anja Mizdrak, Dr Cristina Cleghorn From 1 April 2018, the UK is putting in place a type of sugary drinks tax – actually a “soft drinks industry levy”. This blog reviews how they are doing it, early signs of its success, and ponders its relevance for NZ.  We also take this opportunity to … Read More

World-first study links birth interventions and long-term childhood illness - News

Jean Balchin • Mar 26, 2018 •

• augmentation,
• Australia,
• Birth,
• caesarean section,
• Diabetes,
• hormones,
• induction,
• jaundice,
• Labour,
• Medicine,
• metabolic disorder,
• NSW,
• Nursing,
• Obesity,
• pain medication,
• population based data,
• respiratory infections,
• vaginal birth,
• women

A comprehensive study lead by a team of leading international researchers has found significant links between medical interventions used in the birthing process – such as caesarean section and induction – and a child’s long-term health. Illustration depicting Caesarean section. Blausen.com staff (2014). “Medical gallery of Blausen Medical 2014”. WikiJournal of Medicine 1 Western Sydney University collaborated with University … Read More

Yes, too much sugar is bad for our health – here’s what the science says - Guest Work

Guest Author • Mar 13, 2018 •

• blood sugar,
• cake,
• cereal,
• confusion,
• corn flakes,
• Dementia,
• Diabetes,
• fat,
• glucose,
• Health,
• heart disease,
• ice cream,
• ketchup,
• Memory,
• personality change,
• soda,
• sugar,
• tax,
• visceral fat,
• weight gain

Kieron Rooney, University of Sydney This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. The World Health Organisation recommends limiting “free sugars” to less than 10% of our total energy intake. This equates to around 12 teaspoons a day for an average adult. But more than half of Australian adults exceed … Read More

Your Fitbit could warn you about heart disease - News

Jean Balchin • Feb 23, 2018 •

• ceramides,
• clinicians,
• collaborative research,
• Diabetes,
• Fitbit,
• heart disease,
• lipids,
• metabolism,
• misdiagnosis,
• Obesity,
• technology,
• tracker data,
• wearables

It seems that almost everyone these days has a fitbit, or some other form of wearable sensor for personal fitness tracking. However, a research article published in the open access journal PLOS Biology has revealed that these finicky little devices can be used to gain new insights in several fields of biomedical research.  Weng Khong Lim and colleagues from the SingHealth … Read More

BMI keeps on going up – and reflections on the Diabesity Symposium - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • Mar 24, 2017 •

• BMI,
• diabesity,
• Diabetes,
• national data,
• Obesity,
• overwieght,
• weight

Professor Tony Blakely, Dr Kirsten Coppell, Dr Cristina Cleghorn, Dr Andrea Teng Is body mass index (BMI) relentlessly increasing in NZ, or plateauing? In this blog we present trends in BMI by ethnicity in NZ going back to the 1980s. Over the last four decades the annual increase in BMI is linear, relentless increasing; no sign of a plateau, yet. Read More

Diabetes screening test important for New Zealand - Guest Work

Guest Author • Jan 18, 2017 •

• Diabetes,
• glucose,
• hba1c,
• prediabetes,
• public health,
• screening

New research calls into question a test used to identify diabetes risk. But we shouldn’t throw out the baby with bathwater, warn Prof Jim Mann and Dr Paul Dury. An Oxford University study and accompanying editorial, published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), have raised  questions regarding the most  appropriate approach to prevent or delay  the onset of … Read More

The Brits are doing it: likely health benefits from a levy on soft drinks - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • Dec 16, 2016 •

• caries,
• dental health,
• Diabetes,
• nutrition,
• Obesity,
• public health,
• sugar,
• sugar levy,
• Sugar Tax,
• tax

By Prof Tony Blakely, Prof Nick Wilson, Dr Cristina Cleghorn, Dr Linda Cobiac A study published today finds that the UK soft drink levy being introduced in 2017 is likely to benefit health (reduced obesity, diabetes and dental caries) – when considering a range of different Drinks Industry responses. In this Blog we comment on these results and the … Read More