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Hyderabad: Diwali celebrations and the custom of gifting ‘mithai-ka-dabba’ to friends and relatives appear to have taken its toll. Immediately after Diwali celebrations, online consultations on diabetes among individuals have increased by 86 per cent across Indian cities including Hyderabad, according to MediBuddy, the digital healthcare platform. The platform recorded a 64 per cent rise […]
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New Delhi: Poor quality sleep, including too much or too little shut eye, daytime sleepiness, and snoring, may be linked to a heightened risk of developing irreversible sight loss (glaucoma), UK-based researchers have warned in a study published in the open access journal BMJ Open. Those with glaucoma tended to be older and more likely […]
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The health experts urged Indians to observe extreme caution while using such diabetes drugs to lose weight as the trend is now catching up fast in the country.
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The main aim of the review was to determine whether voluntary exposure to cold water has health effects in humans.
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"Adhering to current dietary, physical activity and sleep recommendations is key to good health and it may contribute to a lower risk of dementia in people with diabetes," said researcher Carlos Celis-Morales from the University of Glasgow.
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The findings suggest that drinking at least four cups of tea a day is associated with a 17 per cent lower risk of diabetes over an average period of 10 years.
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Early in the pandemic, research identified diabetes and obesity as risk factors for becoming severely ill with Covid-19.
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Diabetes can be reversed just by fixing your diet, limiting the intake of carbs and increase in protein and healthy fat intake can help both reverse diabetes as well as prevent its progression, revealed a study by ICMR.
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London: Patients who contract Covid-19 face a higher risk of developing cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, particularly in the three months following infection, according to a new study. Scientists are increasingly recognising Covid-19 as a multi-system condition that can cause disease throughout the body, likely by triggering pathways that cause inflammation. Researchers from the King’s College […]
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New Delhi: Biological, social and behavioural factors have led to differences in the most common causes of health problems faced by men and women. Men die younger than women and bear a greater burden of disease throughout their lives. They get sick at a younger age and have illnesses that last longer than women. Heart […]
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Modern technology is transforming personalised medicine at a very quick pace. The days of pricking fingertips for a drop of blood to test glucose at home are quickly disappearing. In the near future, the elementary home testing devices to measure sugar levels could well be replaced by wearables that can track glucose/sugar in the body […]
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Hyderabad: The Telangana government in the coming months will launch a mass screening drive in all the 33 districts to diagnose individuals with hypertension and diabetes. To implement the special screening drive and identify individuals with hypertension and diabetes, a total of Rs. 33 crore has been allocated, State Health Minister, T Harish Rao on […]
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London: People with diabetes were almost twice as likely to die with Covid and almost three times as likely to be critically or severely ill compared to those without diabetes, finds a study. The study conducted by researchers from the University of Aberdeen, UK found patients with diabetes had a significantly higher risk of requiring […]
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Bethesda: According to a new study, researchers using a fully-automated artificial intelligence (AI) deep learning model were able to identify early signs of type 2 diabetes on abdominal CT scans. The study was published in the journal, ‘Radiology’. Type 2 diabetes affects approximately 13 per cent of all U.S. adults and an additional 34.5 per […]
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Washington: A new study has revealed that people with diabetes who eat less processed foods at night might live longer. The study was published in ‘The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism’. Mealtimes should be in line with the biological clock–a natural, internal process that regulates the sleep-wake cycle and repeats every 24 hours. Health […]
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Washington: According to a new study, the time of day that people with diabetes eat certain foods might be just as important to their well-being as portion size and calories. The findings of the study were published in ‘The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism’. Mealtimes should be in line with the biological clock–a natural, […]
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New York: The benefits of exercise on human health have been myriad. Now, research shows that exercise can also break the vicious cycle of inflammation that can lead to developing diabetes and depression months after a person recovers from the virus. So far no medically recognised treatment exists for long Covid, defined by the US […]
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Hyderabad: Soon, there will be an Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool that will assist primary healthcare providers in taking decisions on healthcare of the patients. Researchers from the International Institute of Information Technology-Hyderabad (IIIT-H) are developing an AI tool for diabetes and hypertension to determine continued home-based care or whether patients need to shift to a […]
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La Jolla: Diabetes, especially type 2 diabetes has been known to have no cure. It can be controlled, but once diagnosed with it, a person needs to be careful all his life. But now, a new study has shown some promising results in actually curing it. The study, led by a team of scientists from […]
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Hyderabad: The day of almost every diabetes patient starts with pricking their finger to test the blood-glucose levels early in the morning. And by the time they are ready to retire for the day, they generally would have repeated the process at least two to three times.Having gone through this drill her whole life, a […]
