Exercise before pregnancy key for healthy motherhood
Expectant mothers who are more fit before pregnancy are at lower risk of developing gestational diabetes, a study suggests.
Apr 03, 2018, 15:29 PM IST
Type-1 diabetes victimizes around 97,000 children in India
Doctors are keen on busting the common myths on Type-1 diabetes and spreading awareness on various ways of managing the disease.
Mar 21, 2018, 12:46 PM IST
Study associates poor dental health to diabetes risk
The study suggests that dental examination may provide a way to identify the risk of developing the disease.
Mar 20, 2018, 18:25 PM IST
High-energy breakfast can help shed extra weight in diabetics, says study
In patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes, a meal schedule that includes a high-energy breakfast promotes weight loss, improves diabetes and decreases the need for insulin, according to a recent study.
Mar 19, 2018, 14:14 PM IST
High-fibre diet can help treat Type 2 diabetes
Consuming right dietary fibres may rebalance the gut microbiota, or the ecosystem of bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract that help digest food and are important for overall human health.
Some top-selling diabetes drugs in India unsafe for patients: Experts
The study's authors pointed out that in March 2016, the Indian government banned more than 300 unapproved FDCs that lacked clinical support or that were found to be potentially harmful.
Mar 08, 2018, 11:02 AM IST
Arthritis drug may help lower blood sugar levels
Lefluonamide has long been approved to treat rheumatoid arthritis and previous clinical studies have noted that patients taking the drug tended to have lower blood glucose levels and that obese patients lost weight.
Mar 02, 2018, 17:28 PM IST
'Frequent tracking may improve blood sugar conditions in diabetics'
Diabetes is a chronic illness in which the body is unable to control its blood glucose level.
Feb 27, 2018, 19:46 PM IST
New smart lens for diabetics can monitor blood sugar levels
Although the device has not yet been tested in humans, researchers expect it will offer diabetics a pain-free way to measure their glucose levels in the blink of an eye.
Feb 26, 2018, 18:04 PM IST
People with heavy thighs unlikely to become diabetic: Study
The aim of this study was to provide an easy and inexpensive tool that could cut down the cost of investigations and reduce economic burden, it added.
Feb 21, 2018, 17:16 PM IST
Can exposure to certain viruses lead to diabetes?
The viruses, detailed in the study published in the journal PNAS, were from a family of viruses known to infect fish.
Feb 20, 2018, 18:23 PM IST
Working the night shift? It may raise your risk of diabetes
The study found that people working irregular or rotating shifts with usual night shifts were 44 percent more likely to have Type 2 diabetes.
Feb 13, 2018, 17:45 PM IST
Suffering from high BP, sugar? One year of yoga training may help: Study
The findings support the beneficial role of yoga in managing metabolic syndrome by favourably modulating adipokines, the researchers mentioned.
Feb 07, 2018, 16:41 PM IST
High blood sugar may lead to cognitive decline: Study
The team from Imperial College London in the UK and Peking University in China used data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) for their analysis.
Jan 29, 2018, 18:14 PM IST
Breastfeeding your baby for 6 months can halve the risk of diabetes
The findings indicated that women who breastfed for six months or more had a 47 percent reduction in their risk of developing type-2 diabetes compared to those who did not breastfeed at all.
Jan 17, 2018, 18:40 PM IST
Diabetes during pregnancy ups heart disease risk
The research team examined more than 9,000 women diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus between 1990 and 2016
Jan 17, 2018, 14:09 PM IST
Cow's milk-based baby formula not associated with type 1 diabetes in kids
Type 1 diabetes, once known as juvenile diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes, is a chronic condition in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin.
Jan 03, 2018, 15:49 PM IST
Spider web inspired implant may control Type 1 diabetes
They are protected by a thin hydrogel coating and, more importantly, the coated cells are attached to a polymer thread and can be removed or replaced easily when they have outlived their usefulness.
Jan 03, 2018, 13:00 PM IST
Boost for Alzheimer's treatment through diabetes drug?
This is the first time that a triple receptor drug has been used which acts in multiple ways to protect the brain from degeneration.
Jan 01, 2018, 12:32 PM IST
Monitoring diabetes now a pain-free process with this newly developed device
For millions of people with type 2 diabetes, continuous vigilance over the amount of sugar, or glucose, in their blood is the key to health.
Dec 27, 2017, 14:36 PM IST
