Diabetes
Alternative names: Diabetes — type 1; Diabetes — type 2; Diabetes — gestational; Type 1 diabetes; Type 2 diabetes; Gestational diabetes; Diabetes mellitus.
Diseases and Conditions
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Type 1 diabetes
Alternative names: Insulin-dependent diabetes; Juvenile onset diabetes; Diabetes — type 1; High blood sugar — type 1 diabetesDefinition: Type 1 diabetes is a lifelong (chronic) disease in which there is a high level of sugar (glucose) in the blood.
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Type 2 diabetes
Alternative names: Noninsulin-dependent diabetes; Diabetes — type II; Adult-onset diabetes; Diabetic — type 2 diabetes; Oral hypoglycemic — type 2 diabetes; High blood sugar — type 2 diabetesDefinition: Type 2 diabetes is a lifelong (chronic) disease in which there is a high level of sugar (glucose) in the blood.
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Diabetes and nerve damage: Everything you need to know about causes, symptoms, tests and treatments
Diabetic neuropathy; Diabetes – neuropathy; Diabetes – peripheral neuropathyNerve damage that occurs in people with diabetes is called diabetic neuropathy.
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Gestational diabetes: Everything you need to know about causes, symptoms, tests and treatments
Glucose intolerance during pregnancyGestational diabetes is high blood sugar (glucose) that starts or is first diagnosed during pregnancy.
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Canadian pharma industry’s current concerns, collaborative efforts and important next steps
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Are you at risk of prediabetes? Important steps you can take now to change your ...
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Diabetes may begin more than a decade before diagnosis. Here's what you need to know
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Why stigma should not be part of a diabetes diagnosis
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Young people with type 1 diabetes deal with stigma
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How to make the most of your biggest resource: Your diabetes team
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Hypothyroidism: Everything you need to know about causes, symptoms, tests and treatments
Myxedema; Adult hypothyroidism; Underactive thyroid; Goiter – hypothyroidism; Thyroiditis – hypothyroidism; Thyroid hormone – hypothyroidismHypothyroidism is a condition in which the thyroid gland does not make enough thyroid hormone.
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Infographic: A time for action on obesity
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Crystal: Weight of Living
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Nancy: Weight of Living
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Mental Health Disorders And Excess Weight – A Proverbial Chicken And Egg Problem
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Applying A Weight Bias Lens To Public Health Policies
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Risk Factors Of Childhood Obesity: What Are They? How To Prevent Them? – An Updated ...
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Device shrinks brain tumour in first human trial
This form of cancer is notoriously difficult to treat because glioblastoma tumours are resistant to conventional therapies.
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Healthing.ca partners with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada
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Blood cancer researchers unite to overcome challenges of COVID-19
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Cancer survivors feel pressured to ‘put on a happy face and get on with life’
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Childhood cancer diagnosis can be tough on families
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Blood cancer diagnosis couldn’t keep Canada’s Olympic athlete off his board
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'I thought he had a few more days, weeks even'
Grieving is the worst part of death, but it’s much harder when you don’t share it with anyone, says Sophia Michaluk.
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Pandemic paranoia tied to uncertainty, rule flouting: study
Irrational feelings of mistrust correlate with an increased inclination to embrace conspiracy theories.
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1 in 3 parents think boys better at sports: study
Persistent stereotypes sexualize female athletes and create an environment where women are held to a different standard than men.
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Simone Biles exits Olympic final for her mental health
'We have to protect our minds and our bodies and not just go out and do what the world wants us to do,' the gymnast said.
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Majority of Canadians support legal access to psilocybin therapy: poll
'We found majority levels of support across all provinces, demographics and political groupings.'
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Opinion: Vaccine 'passports' are certificates not passports
No one ever called a proof of yellow fever or cholera certificate a vaccination passport, so there’s no reason to use the term for COVID-19.
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