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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"Diabetics to increase 3 times by 2025'
The number of diabetic patients will increase three times by 2025, according to the Diabetes Endocrine Nutrition Management and Research Centre (DENMARC), which is a group of doctors working on the reduction of the disease for the last two decades. DENMARC director H.B Chandalia, while announcing 'Defeat Diabetes' here today, said the number of diabetic patients was on the increase due to change in lifestyle and diet in the country. DENMARC has organised a three-day event, 'Defeat Diabetes 2008', at the Nehru centre starting from May 23 to 25, which will be inaugurated by Nita Ambani.
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Have diabetes? Get a surgery done
THE scalpel may hold the future for cure of deadly diseases like diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol and sleep apnea. With bariatric surgery (also known as weight loss surgery) getting recognised as a standard procedure to treat obesity, medicos are now finding the surgery, or its variations, can hold the magic key to cure metabolic disorders as well.
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World Health assembly to discuss fat issues
Of the many issues that will be discussed at the 61st World Health Assembly in Geneva this month, prevention and control of non-communicable diseases is what the food industry will be following closely. Its future, and growth plan, will depend on the outcome of the deliberations in Geneva.
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5.2 lakh women screened for gestational diabetes in TN
Testing protocol: The screening proved that gestational diabetes manifests during all trimesters of pregnancy. The risk of nearly 83,000 individuals developing diabetes at a later date has been reduced by a simple, low cost intervention by the Tamil Nadu government. In a first-of-its-kind programme in the country, 5.2 lakh pregnant women visiting government-run prenatal clinics were screened for gestational diabetes (GDM) during 2007-08. And 7-8 per cent were found to have elevated glucose level.
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Finding a policy solution to India’s diabetes epidemic
In India, thirty-five million people have diabetes—a number expected to more than double by 2025, disproportionately affecting working-age people. The economic impact of this increase could be devastating
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WHO to collaborate with Dr. Mohan's Diabetes Specialities Centre
The World Health Organisation has designated Dr. Mohan's Diabetes Specialities Centre as its Collaborating Centre for Non Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control.
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Gene network behind obesity found
Overeating disrupts entire networks of genes in the body, causing not only obesity, but diabetes and heart disease, in ways that may be possible to predict, researchers reported on Sunday.
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A prick free test for diabetes
diabetics can now now keep the needles at bay. They have an option
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Substance in frog skin may help in treating diabetes
London: Is frog the answer to diabetes? "Yes', if researchers are to be believed. A joint team of experts from the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland and United Arab Emirates University has discovered that a substance on the skin of South American "paradoxical frog' boosts the production of insulin
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Study: Insulin resistance cause of diabetes among Indians
Indians, regardless of their body weight, have cells that are more resistant to insulin, a reason that makes them more prone to type 2 diabetes, says a new study. In a study published in the March issue of