Diabetes
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BCG vaccine for tuberculosis protects diabetics from COVID-19: Study
Boston: A widely used tuberculosis vaccine protected people with Type 1 diabetes from COVID-19, according to a study that demonstrates the potential of multiple doses of the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) preventive against…
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80% of rural diabetic patients need amputation of limbs
Hyderabad: As many as 80 per cent of patients with diabetic foot in rural areas need amputation while only 20 per cent of patients in urban areas face this situation, said doctors…
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Plan to slash prices of heart, diabetes and cancer medicines
Hyderabad: The central government has a plan to reduce the prices of long term medicines particularly used for heart diabetes and cancer. The reductions are likely to be announced on August 15. According…
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‘Step therapy’ effective strategy for diabetic eye disease: Study
Washington: Clinical trial results suggest that a step strategy, in which patients with diabetic macular oedema start with a less expensive medicine and switch to a more expensive medicine if the vision…
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Green tea may significantly help in lowering diabetes: Study
Beijing: Drinking green tea may not only help in reducing your waistline, but may also prove beneficial in lowering diabetes, finds a study. Type 2 diabetes is a significant global public health…
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Diabetes, heart disease increase dementia risk: Study
London: People with Type 2 diabetes, heart disease or stroke have double the risk of developing dementia, finds a study. Type 2 diabetes, heart diseases (ischemic heart disease, heart failure or atrial…
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New study challenges previous link between diabetes medication and fractures
Washington: Sodium-glucose transporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, which reduce renal glucose reabsorption, may help control blood sugar and protect kidney health in patients with diabetic renal failure; however, several large clinical trials have linked…
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Type 2 diabetes accelerates brain ageing, cognitive decline
New York: Scientists have demonstrated that normal brain ageing is accelerated by approximately 26 per cent in people with progressive Type 2 diabetes compared with individuals without the disease, according to a…
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Intermittent fasting may slow ageing, fight cancer and diabetes: Study
New York: While people tend to follow new diets to get fit and reduce their weight, research has shown that in addition to weight loss, people who indulge in intermittent fasting may…
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Diabetes almost doubles risk of death from Covid: Study
London: People with diabetes were almost twice as likely to die with Covid and almost three times as likely to be critically or severely ill compared to those without diabetes, finds a…
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Study finds origins of diabetes may diff in men, women
Ottawa: Researchers have looked at how fat tissue from different parts of the body may lead to diabetes onset in men and women. The findings of the study were published in the…
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People with diabetes who eat less processed food at night may live longer: Study
Washington: According to a new study, the time of day that people with diabetes eat certain foods might be just as important to their well-being as portion size and calories. The findings…
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Long COVID-induced diabetes, depression can be treated by exercise: Research
Washington: Though no medically recognized treatment exists for Long COVID, a new study suggests that exercise might break the vicious cycle of inflammation that can lead to developing diabetes and depression months…
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Scientists discover crucial link between high blood pressure and diabetes
Bristol: One of the long-standing medical mysteries is the diagnosis of diabetes (high blood sugar) in majority of patients suffering from high blood pressure (hypertension). The reason for this had been unknown.…
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Study finds unexpected benefits of fat in type 2 diabetes
Geneva: A team of researchers has discovered how a cycle of fat storage and mobilisation allows cells to adapt to excess sugar. The study has been published in the ‘Diabetologia Journal’. These…
