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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Health department staff under burden of diabetes, hypertension: Study
BENGALURU:One would expect those working in the health directorate to be the most knowledgeable about diseases and their implications. However, health professionals in the state are themselves unaware
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Rise of cancer: Let focus be on prevention
For last forty-five years, the author as a doctor has watched the progress and development in medical science from close quarters. Diabetes and cancer stand out prominently among the ailments. Why?
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Emerging liver health crisis in Kerala, an interplay of aberrant lifestyle and ‘bad’ genetics
Most people think of the liver as a digestive organ, but in reality, it engages itself in immune mechanisms to thwart infections, filters and removes toxins in food and water we drink, while playing an
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20% heart attack patients in 25-30 age group
NAGPUR: Several cardiac-related issues such as heart failure, acute coronary syndrome, hypertension, diabetes and among other problems will be discussed by experts at two-day Central India Cardiology Conference
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Plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration and risk of type 2 diabetes and pre-diabetes: 12-year cohort study
<p>It has been reported that higher plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D is associated with lower risk of type 2 diabetes. However the results to date have been mixed and no adequate data based on a cohort are available
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Parental diet, obesity before conception affects child's health
Besides smoking and drinking alcohol, parents' health including obesity and poor diet can have "profound implications" for the growth, development and long-term health of their children before their conception,
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City’s top ailments: diabetes, hypertension
Psychiatric disorders, diabetes and hypertension are the top three ailments for which patients have been flooding the main civic-run hospitals, KEM, Sion, Nair and Cooper. A study on morbidity patterns
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Chennai, Mumbai and Bengaluru rate highest in Hypertension and Diabetes
As we spend hours with our laptop screens and live vicariously through our smart phones, our bodies are revolting in insidious ways. An eye-opening study by Hyderabad-based eKincare, India's fastest
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States with high GDP face greater risk of diabetes: Study
According to the National Health Portal, India stands second on the world diabetes chart with 69.2 million cases after China with over 100 million cases. Four months ago, when the first ever attempt
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Indian doctors question new global norms for diabetes
MUMBAI: A new set of global guidelines on managing diabetes that aim to replace those followed for over three decades, has stirred up a controversy within the medical community. Medical practitioners