One of the most frustrating things for diabetes patients is the amount of time and effort needed to manage the condition. Companies, such as AgaMatrix, have done a lot to make things easier, and the organisation has won fans with easy to use blood glucose monitors and an iPhone application that helps...

Teams from around the world are closing in the genetic origins of diabetes. A total of 38 risk factors have now been identified, thanks to an international consortium including Helmholtz Zentrum München and the German Diabetes Center, Düsseldorf, which has identified 12 new gene variants which...

After all the hype, more and more mobile healthcare solutions are starting to emerge. The latest has just been announced by Orange Austria, which has teamed with Alcatel-Lucent and the Austrian Workers' Samaritan Association. Aimed at people suffering from chronic diseases, the system uses mobile...

Launched a couple of days ago, Bing Health Maps is a great example of how to make geographically tagged healthcare data meaningful and useful for citizens, clinicians and policymakers alike. It's also beautifully simple. By layering data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services over...