Hundreds of weight loss and diabetes jab users report pancreas problems
Hundreds of people have reported problems with their pancreas linked to taking weight loss and diabetes injections, prompting health officials to launch a study into side-effects. Some cases of pancreatitis…
Diabetes drug shows promise for treating prostate cancer
An international team of scientists led by the Medical University of Vienna has identified similarities in the mechanisms of diabetes and cancer: as the researchers show, the protein PPARγ, which…
Drug-free diabetes care
A hundred million Indians are affected by type-2 (non-autoimmune) diabetes; one in every five diabetic patients worldwide is an Indian. Knowing the mechanics of diabetes is crucial in designing the…
Air pollution may increase risk of type 2 diabetes, India study finds
New Delhi: Exposure to polluted air is associated with an increased risk of type-2 diabetes, according to a first study of its kind in India published in the BMJ Open Diabetes Research and…
Sanskritopathy for preventing Diabetes and Cholesterol
New Delhi: After Oncowlogy, now it is Sanskritopathy. A BJP Member of Parliament again has mooted a medicine that has irked scientific community as bizarre. An eminent diabetologist has summarily…
If Asthma management is dog cheap, why pay through nose
New Delhi: If your child coughs even when he laughs, it is not a laughing matter, he may be asthmatic. Other symptoms like coughing without rhyme or reason (fiver of…
Lean Indians too are susceptible to type- 2 diabetes
New Delhi: Perish the thought that only obese and overweight people are susceptible to type-2 diabetes. A recent study has found that, unlike west, nearly 20 to 30 percent suffering…
Insulin dependent Diabetics may now have ‘care freedom’
New Delhi: Religare Health Insurance, one of India’s leading health insurers unveiled a comprehensive health insurance plan – ‘care freedom’ that offers coverage to diabetics of all age groups and…
Teaching young population abc of diabetes; they are in the cusp of disease
New Delhi: Kids in India are in the cusp of diabetes, thanks to their unhealthy life style. So, there is urgent need to mix awareness about diabetes with their fun…
Children are not safe from Diabetes, either
New Delhi: Even Children may become diabetic. It may seem odd on the face of it but the reality is far more frightening. Even newborns are being found packed with…
