Report by the Central Pollution Control Board in the matter of In re: News item appearing in Times of India dated 10.10.2023 titled “Delhi, Chennai studies hint at pollution link to diabetes” dated 14/12/2023. CPCB has duly identified 131 cities exceeding National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) consecutively for five …
NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Sunday said her government was committed to making Delhi a diabetes-free Capital. Speaking at the launch of an urban slum health check-up scheme for diabetes and blood pressure at Baba Ramdev Park on Mehrauli-Badarpur Road, Ms. Dikshit said there was an urgent need …
Ninety per cent of women and their newborns were found to be suffering from vitamin D deficiency in a recent research conducted at the Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS). It is important to mention here that international studies have linked vitamin D deficiency to a number of diseases that …
A diabetes awareness walk organised to mark World Diabetes Day by Baqai Institute of Diabetology and Endocrinology on Sunday at Boat Basin, Clifton here. The purpose of the walk was to create awareness in the people at large, regarding diabetes, its prevention and management and to stress the importance and …
The cause of poor health of school going children could be tiffin packed by their mothers and not the canteen food alone. ] A survey conducted by an NGO across 15 schools in Delhi and National Capital Region has concluded that unhealthy food is as much responsible for diseases among …
Diabetes is rapidly increasing around the world, particularly in Pakistan, where approximately 7.1 million people over 20 years old are affected by the disease, health experts said on Sunday. They were talking at a programme organised by the Diabetic Association of Pakistan (DAP) and the World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre …
KARACHI: Diabetes is rapidly increasing around the world, particularly in Pakistan, where approximately 7.1 million people over 20 years old are affected by the disease, health experts said on Sunday. They were talking at a programme organised by the Diabetic Association of Pakistan (DAP) and the World Health Organisation Collaborating …
The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has proposed to the Health Ministry to ban Rosiglitazone, an anti-diabetes drug widely used in India for correcting blood sugar levels. Earlier this month, DCGI Surinder Singh had directed state drug controllers to suspend all licenses for sale and distribution of Rosiglitazone. Following …
STRESS, frustration, rising blood pressure and breathing problems are common in motorists who spend hours in traffic jams. Now scientists have found another health consequence of traffic snarls— diabetes. Scientists from German Diabetes Centre and the Institute for Environmental Medical Research at Heinrich Heine University, Germany, claim traffic-related air pollution …
NEW DELHI: Sales growth of diabetes medicines has accelerated the fastest among all drugs sold in the country as pharma companies pushed their products to tap over 50 million people suffering from the lifestyle disease in India, making it the single largest home for diabetics in the world. Oral anti-diabetes …
The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) Thursday suspended manufacturing and import of the anti-diabetic drug Rosiglitazone. The US FDA too had recently restricted its use after data suggested continued use of rosiglitazone (Avandia) could increase the risk of cardiovascular problems. European medicine agencies too had withdrawn the drug from …
Mumbai: A Union health ministry committee on Thursday decided to ban widely prescribed diabetes pill, rosiglitazone (marketed as Avandia), with immediate effect all over India. With this, the drug will be pulled from retail shelves across the country and no fresh stock can be imported or manufactured. The use of …
Bangalore: All of 10 years and diagnosed with diabetes? In a worrying trend, Bangalore doctors are seeing more and more youngsters with Type 2 diabetes. It
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In a taste of things to come, food scientists say they have cooked up a way of using nanotechnology to make low-fat or fat-free foods just as appetizing and satisfying as their full-fat fellows. The implications could be significant in combating the spread of health problems such as obesity, diabetes …
Serum concentrations of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) have been reported to be associated with the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in the U.S. general population, and this association appears to be higher among obese people than among the nonobese. However, because most previous studies were cross-sectional and because studies among …
Exposure to particulate matter (PM) air pollution is associated with increased risk for cardiovascular events, but there is compelling evidence that people with diabetes are more vulnerable to these cardiovascular effects. Several biological pathways linking air pollution and cardiovascular disease, including systemic oxidative stress and low-grade inflammation, may also promote …
Exposure to inorganic arsenic (As) via drinking water has been linked to increased risk of skin cancer, internal cancers, and cardiovascular disease, and an association between diabetes mellitus and exposure to relatively high concentrations (> 500 ?g/L) of As in drinking water has been reported. However, the risk of diabetes …
MANY diabetics go through the pain of injecting themselves with insulin at least twice a day. The number of times they need to prick themselves to manage their blood sugar level can go up to 120 a month. The fear of pricking themselves often leads to noncompliance, making patients prone …
