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 …
Diabetic Association of Bangladesh has taken initiative to bring 50 percent diabetic patients of the country under the treatment of the Association's health service by 2020. This was informed at a press conference organised by the Association at the BIRDEM conference room in the city yesterday. The conference was informed …
An early warning system in the making to prevent diabetes with over 45 million diabetics in the country, India is called the diabetes capital of the world. Doctors advise eating healthy and exercising for an hour daily to keep obesity at bay
Federal regulators on Friday approved a potential blockbuster diabetes drug from Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca. The Food and Drug Administration said it approved the drug Onglyza to reduce blood sugar levels in patients with type 2 diabetes, which affects 24 million people in the United States. The drug is part …
A panel of health experts laid out a plan on Wednesday for vaccinating certain people first in the likely event that not enough swine flu vaccine will be available to immunize every American in time for the expected surge of cases this fall and winter. The top priority group, 159 …
Bhutan has joined the global map of countries affected by the pandemic influenza A H1N1 virus, initially known as swine flu, with four Bhutanese having tested positive for the flu, of whom two were detected within the country. The two cases in Bhutan were confirmed on Monday in a three-year-old …
Indian population shows established risk factors of cardiovascular disease about 10 years earlier compared to western population. A recent study has found that young people in the age-group of 30 to 39 years show the exponential increase of risk for heart disease and diabetes. The comparative study by AIIMS, Fortis …
NEW DELHI: Doctors in the Capital have given the green signal to the Sanofi-Aventis insulin drug Lantus, the use of which has come under question after a report about the drug being linked to a raised risk of cancer.
International studies published last week linked a very widely used synthetic insulin to increased risk of cancer. But millions of Indian diabetes patients who use the drug have reason to be relieved after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The world's almost 400 million Indigenous people have low standards of health. This poor health is associated with poverty, malnutrition, overcrowding, poor hygiene, environmental contamination, and prevalent infections. Inadequate clinical care and health promotion, and poor disease prevention services aggravate this situation. Some Indigenous groups, as they move from traditional …
Cardiovascular risk factors start early, track through the young age and manifest in middle age in most societies. The authors conducted epidemiological studies to determine prevalence and age-specific trends in cardiovascular risk factors among adolescent and young urban Asian Indians.
Chronic inflammation is a key player in pathogenesis. The inflammatory cytokine, tumor necrosis factor-alpha is a well known inflammatory protein, and has been a therapeutic target for the treatment of diseases such as Rheumatoid Arthritis and Crohn's Disease. Obesity is a well known risk factor for developing non-insulin dependent diabetes …
As New York City officials prepared to reopen 20 public schools shut down because of the swine flu, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg warned on Monday that further closings would not slow the march of the virus. After weeks in which many parents, teachers, union leaders and elected officials have demanded …
3-Year Countrywide Study Finds High Rate Of BP And Diabetes Kounteya Sinha | TNN New Delhi: Two in three women in urban India and one in three women in rural India above the age of 35 have been found to be overweight. Almost every second woman in urban India and …
This study evaluated the associations of body burden levels of dioxins and related compounds with the prevalence of metabolic syndrome among the general population in Japan.
London: A Belfast-based scientist has claimed that a herb found in the Himalayan region could be effective in controlling Type 2 diabetes. Dr. Yasser Abdel-Wahab, a senior lecturer in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Ulster, and his team discovered that the roots of a cucumber-like vegetable
