Tag: diabetes

Study finds how cutting breakfast carbs benefit people with Type 2 diabetes

People with Type 2 diabetes (T2D) may be able to better control their blood sugar levels by making a small adjustment to the first meal of the day

June 1, 2023

Govt to put 75 million with hypertension, diabetes on Standard Care by 2025

The initiative was announced at the G20 co-branded event “Accelerating the Prevention and Management of Hypertension and Diabetes” in the presence of Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan.

May 17, 2023

Lowering blood sugar levels naturally !

Diabetes is linked to high blood sugar levels, which in turn can raise the risk for other illnesses such as heart and kidney disease.

May 10, 2023

Quack advises raw fish gallbladder to cure diabetes, woman suffers kidney failure

A 48-year-old woman suffered kidney failure after consuming the raw gallbladder of a fish to cure her diabetes as advised by a local quack, said doctors here who advised not to eat it.

May 5, 2023

Five best foods to control diabetes

Studies reveal that by 2040, 700 million people worldwide will have diabetes.

May 4, 2023

Dim lights before bedtime to reduce gestational diabetes risk: Research

This is believed to be one of the first multi-site studies to examine light exposure before sleep on the risk of developing gestational diabetes.

March 12, 2023

Natural peptides may reduce risk of type 2 diabetes, other obesity-related disorders, finds study

To test if PEPITEM, given through a slow-release pump, could stop or undo the effects of a high-fat diet on the pancreas, researchers employed an obese animal model.

March 12, 2023

Call for prevention of diabetes in pregnancy for future generation

Unless we effectively prevent the occurrence, it may not be possible to break the chain of Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus getting passed on from generation to generation, said Union minister Jitendra Singh said.

March 10, 2023

Diabetes can be managed if people act in time, says Kapil Dev

Break the Partnership, the name of a campaign aims at educating the people with diabetes (PwD), their caregivers, and doctors about the grave influence of weight in type 2 diabetes (T2D).

December 4, 2022

Trouble sleeping? You could be at risk of type 2 diabetes

Persons with sleep issues were generally more likely to have indications of poor cardiometabolic health, such as inflammatory markers, cholesterol, and body weight, which can lead to type 2 diabetes.

December 3, 2022

Study: Positively charged nanomaterials treat obesity

Studies have also revealed a strong correlation between obesity and cancer, recent data show that smoking, drinking alcohol, and obesity are the biggest contributors to cancer worldwide.

December 3, 2022

World Diabetes Day: WHO calls to promote access to biosimilar insulins & medical devices

According to the WHO, around 422 million people have diabetes, and 1.5 million deaths are directly attributed to diabetes every year around the world.

November 14, 2022

Long-term exposure to air pollution making women fatter

Researchers from the University of Michigan in the US found that exposure to air pollution was linked with higher body fat, higher proportion fat and lower lean mass among midlife women.

October 15, 2022

Simple portable device to diagnose detect ischemic stroke

The IIT Mandi team performed studies measuring the bio-markers under ischemic conditions at the forearm and at the frontal lobe of the brain.

September 29, 2022

Can dodgy medical research be spotted?

One study of 526 patient trials in anesthesiology found that 8 per cent had fake data and 26 per cent were critically flawed.

August 20, 2022

Amid rise in COVID cases, ICMR issues guidelines for management of type 1 diabetes

The Concept and Compilation of the guidelines has been done by prominent researchers and doctors including Dr Nikhil Tandon (HOD of Endocrinology & Metabolism, AIIMS, New Delhi), Dr V Mohan (Director, MDRF, Chennai), Dr R S Dhaliwal (Head, Division of Non-Communicable Diseases, ICMR Hqrs).

June 6, 2022

Diabetes almost doubles risk of death from Covid: Study

In 2021, approximately 537 million adults between the 20-79 years were living with diabetes, according to the International Diabetes Federation.

May 11, 2022