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 …
The Diabetic Association of Bangladesh on Thursday observed Diabetes Awareness Day to mark its 52nd founding anniversary. Experts, at a question-answer session, said some cautious food habits, physical exercise, quitting smoking and reducing mental stress could reduce the risk to diabetics. The association president, AK Azad Khan, said people should …
The incidence rate has been arrived at by studying about 500 people over an eight-year period Incidence reflects the rate at which healthy people in the population acquire the disease The overall incidence of diabetes has been 20.2 per 1,000 person years of follow-up While the total number of diabetics …
About 5.6 per cent of the country's adults and a large number of children are suffering from diabetes, and the number of diabetic patients is increasing alarmingly with more than 20,000 new patients in a year. According to the Diabetic Association of Bangladesh, various causes increase the prevalence of diabetes, …
Even as India is fast turning into the diabetes capital of the world, multinational drug companies are busy patenting new-generation diabetes medicines for exclusive marketing rights in the country. The Indian Patent Office has already awarded patents to at least three such products, say patent experts. Though the immediate impact …
The strategy to treat Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes is to implant near the blood system the insulin producing beta cells derived from cord blood stem cells The implant for diabetes treatment is seen as a short term therapy It will take another 15 years to find a treatment …
ELLIOT JOSLIN, a pioneering American researcher, argued vociferously until his death in 1962 that controlling the level of glucose in a person's bloodstream was the key to managing type 2 diabetes (the variant of the disease that appears later in life). Since the defining symptom of all types of diabetes …
a global alliance of experts against diabetics was launched at a two-day workshop convened by the Pacific Northwest Research Institute in the us. Scientists and researchers from more than 20 countries came up with proposals to curb the disease, which claims most of its victims in the poor countries. The …
diabetics tired of diets heavy on bitter gourd can now find solace in the eggplant or brinjal (Solanum melongena). The vegetable is said to be extremely effective in controlling type 2 diabetes. The disease is different from the genetically inherited type 1 diabetes. It has emerged as a big problem …
Lifestyle diseases are snuffing out lives and taking away productive years. The future looks menacing as India modernizes at blinding speed. There are many ways to measure the wealth of a nation. Economists count the consumer mantra in today's India: make good money, get cars, get houses, get gadgets, get …
Fertile herbs A cocktail of herbal drugs can cure male infertility caused by diabetes, claims a research team from West Bengal. The team from Vidyasagar University has found that the cocktail produced from banana root, tamarind, jamun seeds and ivy gourd leaves not only decreased levels of blood glucose but …
disabling protein: Antibiotics can now treat pneumonic plague. The protein that causes the rapid spread of the ailment, has been identified. Disabling the protein, called plasminogen activator, can control the spread and give time to physicians to treat. The attack is significantly slowed down because it cannot use the key …
India leads the world with largest number of diabetic subjects earning the dubious distinction of being termed the “diabetes capital of the world”. According to the Diabetes Atlas 2006 published by the International Diabetes Federation, the number of people with diabetes in India currently around 40.9 million is expected to …
sri lanka has banned the export of a valuable medicinal plant, kothala himbutu or Salacia reticulate, widely used as a cure for diabetes in the country and also in Japan. The ban order was issued on June 15, 2006 and restricts the export of kothala himbutu except in the case …
depo-provera, a hormonal contraceptive injection approved for use by women has been found to increase the risk of diabetes in some women. The study, done by the researchers from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, was carried on 526 Latino women who have an increased propensity of diabetes …
eating potatoes can increase the risk for developing type 2 diabetes, according to a recent study. Researchers led by Thomas L Halton of Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, usa, analysed data recorded over 20 years on 84,555 women, aged 34 to 59 years with no …
a group of Indian researchers has developed a technique that will use a commonly-found freshwater fish as a model for testing drugs for type ii diabetes. Popular methods till now have relied on mammals for the study, but their use presents economic, legal and practical difficulties. Conducted by scientists from …
At the present stage of India's health transition, chronic diseases contribute to an estimated 53% of deaths and 44% of disability-adjusted life-years lost. Cardiovascular diseases and diabetes are highly prevalent in urban areas. Tobacco-related cancers account for a large proportion of all cancers. Tobacco consumption, in diverse smoked and smokeless …
At the present stage of India's health transition, chronic diseases contribute to an estimated 53% of deaths and 44% of disability-adjusted life-years lost. Cardiovascular diseases and diabetes are highly prevalent in urban areas. Tobacco-related cancers account for a large proportion of all cancers. Tobacco consumption, in diverse smoked and smokeless …
