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THE NEW ‘KIDS ON THE BLOCK’ – INNOVATIVE MEDICATIONS FOR TYPE 2 DIABETES Dr Angela Murphy explains further.Cardiovascular disease includes heart attack, angina, heart failure, stroke, and blockage of the arteries in the legs (peripheral arterial disease). In addition, patients with Type 2 diabetes are 10 times more likely to develop end stage kidney disease [...]

DIABETES Dr Angela Murphy explains: The incentive to test sugar in the early days of diabetes was centred on diagnosis - hence initial urine test kits would just have established if sugar was present or not. Once insulin was discovered, and eventually oral treatments as well, it became important to monitor blood glucose [...]

BARIATRIC SURGERY AS TREATMENT FOR OBESITY Registered dietician, Sunette Swart explains: We know there are multiple causes with behavioural, hormonal, and neurological elements.  Obesity can lead to almost 200 different health problems, including diabetes and hypertension.  It is a treatable condition, and it has been shown that a 5% weight loss or more reduces [...]

DIABETES GUIDELINES Dr Angela Murphy replies : Doctors, or other health care providers, will use their academic knowledge, clinical experience and consensus when making that all important decision of how to treat the patient in front of them.  Today many of fields of medicine use guidelines as well.  Guidelines are released after careful [...]

DIABETES Dr Angela Murphy continues. The International Diabetes Federation estimate 1 in 11 people globally have diabetes. Over 90% will have Type 2 diabetes – this occurs because of both resistance to insulin action and decreasing secretion of insulin over the years. Type 2 diabetes is commonly associated with obesity and although still considered [...]