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 …
Chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer and diabetes are the major causes of death in China today. According to a report published by the national health economics institute, more than US $12 billion will be spent on the treatment of these diseases. By 2000, the annual expenditure will cross …
Diabetes is no longer a problem of developed countries, it is now spreading like an epidemic in the developing nations also. Uton M Rafel, regional director of the World Health Organisation Southeast Asia Region, says the number of diabetics in Southeast Asia reached 28 million in 1995 and is likely …
if the most dangerous substances in our food would have to be listed, sugar and fat would be in the top five. Many, therefore, keep a sharp watch on the quantities of both in their diet. Sugar-free drinks, chewing gums with "low-calorie," "fat-free" tags, therefore, enjoy widespread popularity. All such …
why do babies that are born underweight run the risk of developing diseases such as heart disease and diabetes? David Barker and his colleagues at the University of Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, uk, have found that weight at birth and in some cases, low weight at even one-year of age, …
diabetes patients may not require to take painful insulin injections to regulate their blood sugar levels. Researchers at Eli Lilly & Co, usa , have developed a method so that patients would merely have to breathe insulin for it to reach the targeted part of the body. The process involves …
levels of blood sugar earlier considered normal by physicians all over the world, are actually high and people having such levels may also have diabetes, says a us Committee on the Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes Mellitus constituted by the American Diabetic Association (ada). According to the new guidelines recommended …
Unusually small babies have a high risk of getting diabetes, say French researchers. A study conducted on 230 adults by Juliane Leger and colleagues at France's national research organisation, INSERM, reveals that those who are born small tend to have high levels of blood sugar
canadian researchers have developed potatoes that may be used to prevent diabetes. The special potato has been successfully tried on mice, to prevent one type of diabetes called type i . The researchers say plants can also be used for treating diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis by …
according to a study by the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, in the us, those who have a starchy diet which was low in fibre and took a lot of soft drinks, ran two and a half times the risk of diabetes than women who took less of these …
humans are the only animals who consume the milk of other species and continue with it long after the age of weaning. However, this can lead to problems. Recent studies have linked the consumption of cow's milk with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (iddm), commonly known as diabetes, which is caused by …
BAD news for diabetics and weight watchers. A new study reveals that indiscriminate use of artificial sweeteners can bring about several unwanted side-effects including headaches, visual impairment and heart palpitation. The Diabetics Association of India (dai), New Delhi, has warned that aspartame, the chemical compound sold under various brandnames in …
Diabetics need not lose sleep over their vulnerability to cardiovascular diseases. The new discovery that vitamin C infusions into the blood- stream avert cardiovascular complications will certainly allay their fears. Certain chemical signals discharged by a diabetic result in blood vessels loosing their ability to constrict and dilate; which causes …
Insulin, the pancreas-produced hormone that prevents diabetes when given intravenously to patients with severe burns, speeds up the healing process (New Scientist, Voll48, No 2006). In the case of severe burns, the stress hormones that are released break down the body's sugar reserves, releasing large amounts of sugar in the …
To commemorate the World Diabetes day on November 14, 1995, Novo Nordisk of Bangalore launched a few new services. A mere fax connects one to a panel of doctors who provide answers to one's queries on diabetes and other related problems. A video titled The Great Diabetes Circus is being …
Over 250 medical experts recently met at a 2-day international symposium on diabetes, held in Kathmandu in Nepal. The country has a high incidence of people suffering from this crippling malady. The country has 9.5 per cent of all patients admitted to medical units suffering from diabetes. Although field studies …
Insulin injections seem to be the only weapon diabetics have against coma, and even death. But not only are these injections painful, the blood-sugar balance may still fluctuate enough to damage blood vessels, leading to blindness, kidney failure, and amputations. Further, techniques for transplanting healthy insulin-producing cells from another human …
THE dismal state of aboriginal health has prompted both doctors and the government to make health care of the native Australians their top priority. Brendan Nelson, federal president of the Australian Medical Association (AMA), has said aboriginal health is the "number one public health problem in Australia". According to AMA, …
SUSPECT diabetes? Get your eyes checked! A US company has developed a technique that uses eyes as a mirror for quickly and painlessly detecting diabetes, instead of the standard blood test for a patient's glucose level. In this technique, a blue light focused on the lens of the eye enables …
FIVE YEARS ago, 52-year-old Don Nelson could barely walk because Parkinson"s disease had reduced him to a cripple. But today, thanks to the foetal-tissue therapy that he underwent in 1988, he is up and about, takes less medication and can once again indulge his passion for wood-carving. The new world …
INCREASING the level of oxygen in blood could cure impotency in humans because it would stimulate production of nitric oxide, which causes penile tissue to relax and better engorge blood from the penile artery. This is important because any restriction of oxygen supply to penile tissue because of excessive smoking, …
