Diabetes

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U.S. Recycled Prosthetic Limbs Help Sri Lankan Amputees Walk Again

A 200-year-old charity is tapping modern technology to help Sri Lanka weather a silent health crisis

How COVID Increased Childhood Obesity in India

The consequences of the rise in childhood obesity include type 2 diabetes and asthma

Migration

Diabetes, Colonialism, and Killers of the Flower Moon

How the Oscar nominee's depiction of diabetes outlines a greater problem for communities haunted by colonialism

Gender

Diabetes in Pregnancy Is On the Rise Among South Asian Women in the United States

As the nation diversifies, why a "one-size-fits-all" approach won’t work for treating gestational diabetes

Migration

Diabetes, Hypertension, and Heart Disease Don’t Stop for War

During humanitarian crises, chronic diseases become more complicated

Governance

The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Bad. Could it Have Been Even Worse?

A look at how pre-pandemic health-care trends affected COVID-19 mortality rates

Poverty

Casualties of COVID: Insulin and Dialysis 

How the pandemic has been life-threatening to people living with diabetes and chronic kidney disease

Governance

Expanding Health-Care Access in Times of Coronavirus

Health and wellness centers have expanded access to primary health-care services in Punjab, India—even in the pandemic

Governance

Racism as a Public Health Crisis

Interview with Minneapolis City Council Vice President Andrea Jenkins on the intersection of race, health, and COVID-19

Governance

COVID-19 and Tobacco: Unmasking the Smoke Screen

World No Tobacco Day 2020 exposes the false dichotomy between public health and the economy when it comes to Big Tobacco

Governance

Why Social Policies Make Coronavirus Worse

Too late for COVID-19, but strengthening safety nets and health security in U.S. would help us respond to future threats

Poverty

Diabetes and TB—A Complicating Combo

Though they are entirely different types of diseases TB and diabetes exacerbate each other in surprising—and costly—ways

Environment

What to do About Type 2

Aging, obesity, and poor diet are driving the diabetes epidemic worldwide—and so is air pollution