diabetes

Eating a high fat and high sugar diet when pregnant leads to metabolic impairments in both the mother and her unborn child, which may 'program' them...

A large-scale genetic study has provided strong evidence that the development of insulin resistance – a risk factor for type 2 diabetes and heart...

An international trial to test whether an artificial pancreas can help young children manage their type 1 diabetes will begin next year, thanks to a...

The process by which a mother’s diet during pregnancy can permanently affect her offspring’s attributes, such as weight, could be strongly influenced...

An approach that could reduce the chances of drugs failing during the later stages of clinical trials has been demonstrated by a collaboration...

The babies of obese women who develop gestational diabetes are five times as likely to be excessively large by six months of pregnancy, according to...

A new genetic study of over 200,000 women reveals the underlying mechanisms of polycystic ovary syndrome, as well as potential interventions.

Graham Ladds, lecturer in pharmacology, discusses the controversy around a group of drugs used to treat Type 2 diabetes.