Diabetes
- Health
How keeping a healthy heart is key to ward off Alzheimer’s, dementia risk
London: Maintaining proper heart health will not only keep cardiovascular diseases at bay, but also preserve brain metabolism — key to ward off the risk of Alzheimer’s and dementia, suggests a study.…
- Health
Aspirin could help cut diabetes risk by 15 per cent in over-65s: Study
Sydney: Use of low dose (100mg daily) aspirin among older adults aged 65 years and older is associated with a 15 per cent lower risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, according to…
- Health
Gene therapy offers potential new treatment for liver cancer
New York: US researchers have found that a type of gene therapy can some day help treat people with hepatocellular carcinoma — the most common form of liver cancer — and metabolic…
- Health
40 per cent COVID survivors at risk of diabetes: top endo says
Chandigarh: Those who survived Covid-19 remain at a 40 per cent elevated risk for diabetes in the first year. A subsequent post-pandemic wave of new diabetes patients may be expected. Also diabetes,…
- Health
Study finds how diabetes delays healing in the eye
New York: Researchers, including one of Indian origin, have found mechanisms that delay wound healing in the eye among people with diabetes. Though much focus of diabetic eye disease is on the…
- Health
Global diabetes cases to soar to 1.3 billion by 2050: Lancet
New York: More than half a billion people are living with diabetes worldwide, affecting men, women, and children of all ages in every country, and that number is projected to more than…
- Health
Covid pandemic increased diabetes among children, pregnant women
New York: The number of children diagnosed with Type-2 diabetes continued to rise in the year after the Covid-19 pandemic began, according to research. Another study, also being presented at ENDO 2023,…
- Technology
315 mn Indians suffer from hypertension, 101 mn are diabetic: ICMR study
New Delhi: A whopping 315 million people in India suffer from hypertension, and 101 million with diabetes, according to an alarming study by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) published in…
- Health
1 in 5 ‘healthy’ adults have metabolism of a prediabetic: Study
New York: About 20 percent or one in five adults considered healthy by medical standards, have glucose metabolism similar to those with prediabetes, finds an alarming study. These healthy adults were identified…
- Health
Chronic pain more common in Americans than diabetes, depression: Study
New York: Reported cases of chronic pain in the US grew at a much faster rate than other persistent conditions from 2019 to 2020, according to a new analysis of survey data.…
- Hyderabad
University of Hyderabad develops potential new treatment for diabetes
Hyderabad: Reagene Innovations Pvt Ltd, a start-up biotech company incubated at the University of Hyderabad’s BioNEST incubation centre has developed a new strategy to reduce blood glucose. They proposed that 70 percent…
- Entertainment
Samantha to Nick: 7 Celebrities who are battling Diabetes
Celebrities often seem to have it all – fame, fortune, and success. However, just like anyone else, they are not immune to health problems. In fact, many famous personalities are also dealing…
- Middle East
UK nurse wins Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award 2023
Abu Dhabi: United Kingdom (UK) nurse Margaret Helen Shepherd has been awarded the Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award for her work in combating genetic diabetes. The winner was announced by Dr Azad…
- Health
India ready to lead technology-driven diabetes care: Jitendra Singh
New Delhi: Union minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday said India is fast becoming a huge medical tourism hub and it is ready to lead technology-driven diabetes care. Addressing the three-day World Congress of…
- Health
About 5% of new diabetes cases linked to Covid: Study
Toronto: Nearly 3-5 per cent cases of onset of diabetes is due to Covid-19, in other words roughly one person in 20 is a diabetic, according to an alarming study. The study,…
