Natalie Grover

Natalie Grover

Natalie Grover is a contributing writer for Live Science, covering all things health and science. She spent her formative years as a journalist with Reuters, writing about the business of health. Based in London, UK, she has a masters degree in medicine, health and public policy, and is working on making her coverage statistically significant. In her free time, she monitors her wildly fluctuating heartbeat whilst watching Arsenal FC (and enjoys long walks on the beach). Most days she can be found at the gym and aiming to feed her family healthy food.

Articles by: Natalie Grover

A woman measures her blood sugar using a blood glucose monitor.

What is normal blood sugar?

By Natalie Grover, Elizabeth Peterson last updated

Blood sugar, or glucose, is the main source of fuel for our body - keeping it in check is essential to our health.

Woman checking blood sugar level while sitting on bench. Maskot via Getty Images

Diabetes: Symptoms, causes and treatment

By Bahar Gholipour, Natalie Grover last updated

Diabetes is a metabolic disease marked by high blood glucose, also known as blood sugar.

Man taking blood sample with lancet pen.

Type 1 diabetes: Symptoms, causes and treatment

By Laura Geggel last updated

Reference Type I diabetes occurs when the pancreas stops producing insulin. Here's a look at causes, symptoms and treatment of the disease.

Woman checks her blood sugar levels with a glucometer.

Type 2 diabetes: Symptoms, causes and treatment

By Rachael Rettner last updated

Reference Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes, a condition characterized by high blood sugar levels.

Blood sugar finger prick.

Insulin resistance: Risk factor for heart disease and diabetes

By Tia Ghose, Natalie Grover published

Reference Insulin resistance is a condition where the body's cells don't properly respond to the hormone insulin, which tells cells to take in blood sugar and use it for fuel.

Concept art of antibodies attacking a neuron, as is the case with certain autoimmune diseases.

Autoimmune disease: Definition and examples

By Natalie Grover published

Millions of people are affected by autoimmune diseases. Learn what causes autoimmune diseases and how they're treated.

3D computer image of a human head with the brain visible through the skull; the hippocampus is highlighted.

What is the hippocampus?

By Natalie Grover published

The hippocampus is a small region of our brain responsible for memory, learning and navigation.