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DAPIC Project to Prevent Amputations

...tations and other disease-related complications in diabetics is being offered at a remote village in India’s State of Tamil Nadu, courtesy a hospital initiative//. For most patients who visited the "Diabetes Amputation Prevention Initiative in the Community (DAPIC)" programme at Maragal Kandigai village out o...

Obesity Increases The Risk Of Cardiovascular Diseases

... time than that of moderate risk group. In case of diabetics the low risk group who are obese showed eleven times increased risk of death and 7.8 times increased risk for hospitalization when compared to normal weight group. People who were obese in their earl life (31-64 years) showed increased risk of hos...

US Continues Its War On Diabetes

...isit. Insurance companies make it a point to avoid diabetics as far as possible. New York also suffers from the disadvantage of having very few endocrinologists, as it is a specialty which does not pay too well. The New York City Government is beginning to monitor its diabetic residents’ sugar levels. One o...

Millions Of Diabetic And Glaucoma Patients Risk Blindness

More than 1.9 million diabetics and 250,000 early-stage glaucoma patients risk blindness due to lack of proper awareness according to a report published by the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB).// In an attempt to prevent such a disaster, a campaign called 'Open Your Ey...

Aspirin, Not Used By African Americans And Diabetics To Prevent Heat Problems

...al of Medicine. It said that African Americans and diabetics do not opt for aspirin therapy. The researchers from the medical centers of US and Europe measured regular use of aspirin among 2,163 African American and Caucasian older adults. The participants were devoid of cardiovascular disease. The study w...

Inhaled Insulin To Be Made Available in India

...o years. India already has an estimated 35 million diabetics and a vehicle like Exubera is certain to be welcomed by doctors and patients alike....

A know how and ready manual for diabetes!

...t said that that India has an estimated 35 million diabetics and worse, that nearly 13.3 million cases remain undiagnosed. The reasons for the rise in diabetes is rapid urbanisation, decreased physical activity, obesity, stress and above all, the low threshold level among Indians to environmental risk factor...

Stem Cell Transplantation Promises Cure for Type 2 Diabetes

... cell transplantation could save a majority of the diabetics from receiving insulin or drugs to stimulate the production of insulin. It is hypothesized that the transplanted stem cells regenerate the damaged Beta cells in diabetic individuals, leading to production of insulin. The novel approach has been con...

Inhaled Insulin Could Rock The Drug Market Soon

...rouble of daily insulin injections for millions of diabetics worldwide. However, it cannot be viewed as a replacement as it may not be suitable for everyone. Insulin, secreted by specialized cells of the pancreas plays a vital role in the maintenance of blood sugar levels. Diabetic individuals depend on insu...

Strong Link Between Obesity, Diabetes And Periodontal Disease

...It has been established from previous studies that diabetics with periodontal disease are more likely to die due to complications of diabetes than those devoid of the same. 'The presence of periodontal infection combined with obesity may contribute to type 2 diabetes and its complications, such as coronary h...

Unhealthy Gums Increase Risk Of Premature Delivery

...es were taken into consideration. Gum disease in diabetics can complicate the clinical condition of patients and may even accelerate periodontal bone loss. It can even increase risk for cardiovascular disease. To conclude, taking into consideration the above findings, it is high time oral health receives the...

SEEK To Avert Chronic Kidney Disease

...th as world kidney day. India’s record of 20milion diabetics has ‘ensured’ a Numero uno position for diabetes and worse,// with one in every three diabetics getting affected by the disease. WHO has also sounded a warning that these figures will shoot up to ...

India Crowned As the Diabetic Capital

... 2000. ICMR has estimated that about 10% of the diabetics are in the juvenile age group. Hence to stem the spread of this diabetes the government has stakes various preventive and treatment oriented measures such as distribution of free or subsidized medicines to the affected people through various agenci...

Islet cells producing insulin cultivated in the lab

... answer, not to far, to the complexities of Type I diabetics and insulin injections.This is according to researchers at the University of Calgary whose bioengineering team announced //that they have developed a way of growing pancreatic cells in their laboratory. In the words of Dr. Leo Behie, “This is a si...

New Diabetic Drugs More Effective than Older Ones

...uggests that patients on the newer medications for diabetics had a slightly lower risk of hospitalization//. They also spent between $920 and $1,760 less on annual total healthcare costs. Rajesh Balkrishnan, the study’s lead author and the Merrell Dow professor of pharmacy at Ohio State University analyzed ...

China Crowned the Diabetic Capital of the World

...timated that about 30 million people suffer// from diabetics in china. Gojka Roglic, Technical Officer, Departm...tion (MDRF) in Chennai said that the prevalence of diabetics is increasing across the globe. She also said that India had practically no data on diabetes for r...

Type 1 diabetes has a cure?

...ne on humans to understand the mechanism of type 1 diabetics and the various methods of treatments....

Rural India To Benefit From New Diabetes Project

...anization in India has revealed that the number of diabetics living in the rural areas (approximately 21.6) outnumber those living in the urban areas//(16. 8 million). The prevalence of diabetes in rural India has increased by a margin of 400% over the past 30 years. In an attempt to change this situation, t...

Adequate Foot Care, the Only Way to Prevent Amputation of Lower Limbs in Diabetics

...ions, according to a recent study. // The risk for diabetics to suffer lower limb amputations is pronounced, 15...d researchers have reported that foot care amongst diabetics is rather inadequate, that leads to lower limb loss. Diabetes UK has enabled valuable statistics tha...

Oral Human Insulin to Soon Go on Trial

...nnovation and R&D.// There are close to 34 million diabetics in India and any research related to diabetes should always bear this in mind and develop products accordingly. Ms.Shaw said” “India has a tremendous potential to leverage her intellectual capital to create intellectual wealth innovation in all fi...

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