Page 4 - Diabetes In India

ICMR issues guidelines for Type 1 Diabetes amid surge in Covid-19 cases

According to ICMR study, more and more children are being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in India

Big Tech uses AI to arrest blindness among India's burgeoning diabetics

Diabetic retinopathy is a leading cause of blindness and vision loss in adults and tech giants such as Intel and Google are building AI-based innovations to address such problems

AstraZeneca aims to impact 10 mn diabetics by 2023, starts awareness drive

India will have 115 mn diabetics by 2030. Forty-four per cent of patients hospitalised for heart failure have type-2 diabetes

Ahead of World Diabetes Day, experts call for action to address epidemic

Ahead of World Diabetes Day, a new report has called for action to close the gap in diabetes prevention and care

How IVUS in balloon angioplasty can be a boon for heart and kidney patients

Balloon angioplasty using IVUS, has proved to be successful on heart patients with kidney ailments and diabetes, for Kerala-based Meditrina Hospital

Is it possible to keep diabetes under check? Here are a few ways to manage

The most important thing for diabetic patients is to keep their blood sugar level under control to avoid hospitalization

Diabetes may cause infertility in men; here are some precautionary measures

Unhealthy food habits lead to weight gain and obesity, insulin resistance which in turn causes both diabetes and predisposes to infertility

Healthy food options that diabetics can satiate their taste buds with

Foods low on glycemic index and high on fibre can be just as delectable as normal restaurant fare. And you needn't ditch your dessert, as there are plenty of diabetic-friendly options here too

Anupath: A diabetic's device to deal with the disease more effectively

Vinay Kumar, a chronic diabetic living on the insulin pump, is helping early detection and complete management of diabetes through his novel invention, AnuPath

Govt should expedite treatment to poor urban diabetics: Dr Mohan

At 16.7%, India had the highest share of the world's diabetics in 2015 after China

Cereals disbursed by ration shops might be the driver of diabetes in India

A recent study suggesting that the poor are increasingly falling prey to diabetes is alarming since it is this class of people who cannot afford quality treatment and really depend on public distribution system through ration shops. With the ration shops mostly distributing rice and wheat, these high carbohydrate cereals are propelling a new and very worrying wave of diabetes in the country. The linkage to the Green Revolution, unhealthy diet is only beginning to be understood. India is considered the diabetes capital of the world with about 70 million already afflicted by this disease. But what is most worrying is that till now diabetes was considered to be a disease of the more affluent but a new paper in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology says that India's diabetes epidemic is shifting and is likely to disproportionately affect economically disadvantaged groups. The researchers say the findings should cause concern in a country where most treatment costs are paid ...