Diabetes Atlas 2021
Confirming diabetes to be one of the “global health emergencies” whose prevalence is on the rise, a new research pinpoints at prolonged hours of sitting as one of the causes that needs urgent attention.
Diabetes
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Prevention of Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes occurs as a result of combination of environmental and behavioral factors such as sedentary lifestyle, junk food, and obesity in a genetically predisposed individual. With advancement in
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Plastic rice, sugar, scare hits Capital
Ever thought the rice you eat might be made of plastic? Yes, bizarre as it may sound, the Delhi food department is collecting samples from various parts of the city after the rumours of rice being made
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Association between socioeconomic position and the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Ghanaians in different geographic locations: the RODAM study
<p>The prevalence of diabetes has been shown to be socially patterned but the direction of the association in low-income countries and among migrant populations in Europe has varied in the literature.
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High-fibre diet key in fight against diabetes, study show
A diet that boosts good bacteria in the stomach could be key to reducing the risk of diabetes, an Australian study has found. Researchers from Melbourne's Monash University found for the first time that
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Prevalence of diabetes three times higher among those exposed to insecticides: study
Following a recent finding by researchers in Madurai Kamaraj University, linking organophosphate insecticides to diabetes, a demand has been raised to ban using these pesticides. The issue was brought
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TB cases on the rise, no signs of control
Aurangabad: The number of tuberculosis patients in the district has been increasing steadily, though marginally, every year, raising a question mark over the administration's approach towards dealing with
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Diabetes: Reasons why it's becoming a major health problem in India, steps for prevention
Diabetes is now considered an emerging global epidemic with the disease making a steep rise in the number of cases worldwide. In India, the trend is overwhelming as the country is home to more than
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Obesity raises risk of kidney disease
Ahmedabad: This year's theme for World Kidney Day, which is celebrated on March 9 every year since 2006, is about linking obesity with kidney disorders, with the theme, Obesity and Kidney disease: Healthy
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Swine flu infects 44, claims 10 lives in Maharashtra
PUNE: Swine flu claimed 10 lives while infected 44 people in the state this year so far. "A total of 10 have succumbed to the disease this year, including four in Pune, three in Solapur, two in Aurangabad
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South Africa: TB, Diabetes Leading Causes of Natural Deaths in 2015
The leading underlying natural causes of death among South Africans in 2015 were tuberculosis and diabetes, Statistics South Africa said on Tuesday. Tuberculosis was responsible for 8.3% of deaths among