Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

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For 50-odd years, animal fat in meat, butter, cheese and cream
has been the bad boy of the diet world, blamed for boosting
artery-clogging cholesterol (AFP Photo/Joe Raedle)

New Approach Lowers Saturated fat, Saves Hearts

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 2, 2017 | Health, Lifestyle & Culture

London – Instead of eating less saturated fat and worrying about so-called bad cholesterol, a group of doctors suggests an alternative approach for preventing heart disease. More important, they say, is to focus on decreasing insulin resistance and inflammation...

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Researchers said they developed a smartphone app and used it to command engineered cells to produce insulin that helps diabetic mice achieve and maintain stable blood sugar levels within two hours. — AFP pic

Smartphone App to Control Blood Sugar Levels in Diabetic Patients

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 28, 2017 | Health

London- Chinese researchers said yesterday they have developed a system that, for the first time, enables smartphones to remotely manage and treat diabetes in mice. In a study published in the United States-based journal Science Translational Medicine, the researchers...

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(Medtronic via AP) This image provided by Medtronic shows its MiniMed 670G system.

Medtronic’s ‘Artificial Pancreas’ for Diabetes Receives FDA Approval

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 30, 2016 | Health, Lifestyle & Culture

London- A single leap in the medical field has been recently approved by federal regulators which promises some help for patients suffering type 1 diabetes or “juvenile diabetes”. Federal regulators at The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States...