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 …
Products of major pharmaceutical firms, including Abbott Healthcare, Cipla and Lupin will be affected by the new price cap Prices of 56 important medicines used in treatment of cancer, diabetes, bacterial infections and blood pressure have been capped by the government, thereby reducing the cost by an average of nearly …
New guidelines for the surgical treatment of type 2 diabetes bolster hopes of finding a cure, writes Francesco Rubino, but long-standing preconceptions must be put aside.
Are you turning to artificial sweeteners or other sugar substitutes to lose weight? Although these sweeteners may help obese individuals reduce and cut calories, they may also have negative health effects, a study warns. Artificial sweeteners are not digested by the body. However, the recent study suggests that bacteria in …
US biochemical engineer Frances Arnold gives a speech to accept the Millennium Technology Prize 2016 during the award ceremony in Helsinki, Finland, on May 24, 2016. Arnold won the million-euro technology prize for her work on "directed evolution". AMERICAN biochemical engineer Frances Arnold, whose discoveries in “directed evolution” have helped …
This study examined whether sucrose, fructose, aspartame, and saccharin influences the association between obesity and glucose tolerance in 2856 adults from the NHANES III survey. Aspartame intake significantly influenced the association between body mass index (BMI) and glucose tolerance (interaction: P = 0.004), wherein only those reporting aspartame intake had …
HYDERABAD: Hyderabad men top the charts when it comes to suffering from `very high' level of hypertension, in comparison to their counterparts in other cities such as Chennai, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Dehradun, Bhopal and Patna, a Union health ministry survey says. The data, collated from the ministry's recently released National …
The cross-reactivity of T cells with pathogen- and self-derived peptides has been implicated as a pathway involved in the development of autoimmunity. However, the mechanisms that allow the clonal T cell antigen receptor (TCR) to functionally engage multiple peptide–major histocompatibility complexes (pMHC) are unclear. Here, we studied multiligand discrimination by …
Cap On MRP Of Essential Medicines Drug price regulator National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has slashed prices of 54 essential medicines by up to 55%, including commonly used drugs for cancer (brain and breast), hypertension, diabetes, and other heart disorders. Prices of some of these drugs, including one for breast …
In Himachal Pradesh diabetes is spreading rapidly including rural area and most disturbing fact is the trend of shift of diabetes base to younger age and women as well. Despite Himachal Pradesh being an agrarian hilly state, diabetes is spreading rapidly and tribal areas were not an exception in reporting …
A complete picture of the areas that the immune system attacks to cause type 1 diabetes has finally been revealed by scientists. The study, published in the journal Diabetes, discovered the fifth and final critical target at which the immune system errantly takes aim. The team at the University of …
As part of the World Health Day celebrations all over the world on April 7, the local branch of Indian Public Health Association at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, organised a symposium at National Institute of Nursing Education (NINE), PGIMER, Chandigarh, on World Health Day …
Dehradun: The number of diabetes patients in Uttarakhand has more than doubled in the past five years, with the state witnessing a rise in both type I and type II diabetics, according to the latest data released by the health department. In 2011, Uttarakhand had recorded 19,308 diabetes patients while …
China and India have the highest total numbers of people with diabetes 110 million and 69 million, respectively whereas the highest prevalences were found in the Pacific Islands of Tokelu and Nauru, where respectively 30% and 24% of all adults are estimated to be living with diabetes.
Diabetes cases up to 422 million worldwide; India ranks among top 3 countries with diabetic population. After tightening laws on tobacco and alcohol, experts now want a high tax on sugary drinks as they cause a sugar high that leads to insulin resistance. Ahead of World Health Day (April 7), …
Nagpur: Habits adopted in childhood stick with a person all one's life, they say. Adopting habits that encourage children to make healthy lifestyle choices can also be inculcated early on in life. Doctors believe schools and the general community can contribute towards this. Lifestyle modifications are found to have been …
Diabetes has been growing at an alarming rate in India. Unfortunately, children are also at increasing risk of developing both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Worldwide, most common type of diabetes in children is Type 1 diabetes (previously termed insulin dependent diabetes mellitus). "Overall, approximately 80,000 children under 15 …
On the occasion of World Health Day 2016, WHO issues a call for action on diabetes, drawing attention to the need to step up prevention and treatment of the disease. The first WHO Global report on diabetes demonstrates that the number of adults living with diabetes has almost quadrupled since …
China, India and USA are among the top three countries with a high number of diabetic population shows this new study published in Lancet. It finds that there is a fourfold rise in the number of diabetics – from 108 million in 1980 to 422 million in 2014. One of …
Viskahapatnam: This lifestyle disease has erased the rich-poor, rural urban divide and has affected around 350 million people worldwide. According to World Health Organisation (WHO), this number is likely to double within 20 years. In India, nearly 10 per cent of the general population is a victim of this disease …
Mumbai: Countries in the WHO South-East Asia Region must take vigorous and concerted action to 'prevent, treat and beat' diabetes, said Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, regional director, WHO South-East Asia, ahead of World Health Day celebrated on April 7. "Diabetes rarely makes headlines, and yet it will be the world's …
