Diabetes
Diabetes is increasing due to bad nourishment and lack of movement - even in children
Premature deaths by non-communicable disease high in India: WHO
India ranks very high among the nations struck by the rising wave of “premature deaths” caused by non-communicable diseases, mainly heart and blood ailments, the WHO said in its latest report on Wednesday. The report said that cardiovascular diseases, cancer, chronic respiratory problems, blood pressure and diabetes are an offshoot of growing affluence of the [...]
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Alta. has high diabetes rate but won’t fund insulin pumps
Alberta has the fastest-growing rate of diabetes in the country but the province still doesn’t have a publicly funded program to pay for insulin pumps, says the Canadian Diabetes Association in a new report. A total of 217,000 people, or 5.8 per cent of Albertans, were diagnosed with one of the two forms of diabetes [...]
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Dealing with diabetes
Insulin, a hormone developed in the pancreas, is the catalyst that allows the sugar in various foods to reach your cells where it provides energy. Diabetes indicates the inability of your body to either produce or harness this hormone effectively, thereby leading to a build-up of sugar in your blood (and panic in your system). [...]
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Savouring their sweet victory over diabetes
8 patients, who have lived with diabetes for 50 years and more, honoured Sprightly at 71 years, Ravi Bhaskaran turned up rather nattily for the award function. His achievement? He has completed 55 years of living with diabetes, having been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when he was 17. Put on insulin right from the [...]
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Savouring their sweet victory over diabetes
8 patients, who have lived with diabetes for 50 years and more, honoured Sprightly at 71 years, Ravi Bhaskaran turned up rather nattily for the award function. His achievement? He has completed 55 years of living with diabetes, having been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when he was 17. Put on insulin right from the [...]
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Insurers give diabetics short-shrift treatment
MUMBAI: An effective health cover continues to elude diabetics despite the country being dubbed the diabetes capital of the world with a 9% prevalence in urban India. While the disease itself is not excluded, the worst hit are those already under treatment as they risk most major ailments being excluded. “There are no fixed guidelines [...]
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Morrow a role model for kids with diabetes
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Fighting diabetes in children
BANGALORE: Eight-year-old Samar (name changed) had viral fever in July this year. A week after the viral infection was cured, Samar started complaining pain while passing urine. He also lost considerable weight in 8-10 days. When tests were conducted, doctors found a high level of sugar in his blood. Samar, a student of class II, [...]
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State to launch diabetes, hypertension screening for youths
JAIPUR: The state government will soon launch screening for the two non-communicable diseases — diabetes and hypertension — in Rajasthan. Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday said he had discussed with chief minister Ashok Gehlot to launch a campaign for screening of youths for early detection of the diseases and its treatment. While [...]
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Reducing the Risk of Diabetes
BY JENNIFER CORBETT DOOREN Adults, middle-aged and up, can cut their risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by as much as 80% by adhering to a combination of five healthy-lifestyle habits, a new analysis shows. Many studies have shown having a healthy diet, exercising, maintaining normal body weight, not smoking and consuming alcohol moderately can [...]
