This new protein may help diabetes patients with fractures
Diabetes patients are more susceptible to bone fractures and take longer than usual to heal
WHO approves 2 new COVID-19 treatments
‘Baricitinib’ has been approved by WHO to be used with corticosteroids; synthetic antibody treatment ‘sotrovimab’ has …
Residual pandemic: After effects of COVID-19 pervasive in India, thousands living with new ailments
Around 51 per cent of those who had milder forms of the disease also developed long COVID
Increasing protein, dairy intake may help cut diabetes burden: Study
A new study has linked food preferences of individuals to prevalence of diabetes in various states of India
Online food products ‘too sweet’
While sweet taste was mentioned in 11 per cent of product reviews, saltiness was rarely mentioned
High on health, low on popularity
The Phalsa fruit is available for only a few weeks in a year. Yet, it's sweet and sour taste will leave you asking for more
For a good night's sleep
Most urban Indians dread bedtime. Sleep disorders ensure that 93 per cent of the people living in cities don't sleep well or worse, are not able …
Tuberculosis India-2014
Tuberculosis is no longer a disease afflicting only the poor. Its thrives on deprived/distorted lifestyle and on the offshoots of the so-called …
Foetal tissue can cure terminal diseases
Tissue taken from aborted foetuses and implanted into the bodies of patients suffering from several incurable diseases has shown encouraging results
Sweet smell of sugar
Researchers have developed a painless technique for diabetes patients to regulate their glucose levels
Potatoes to the rescue
Genetically engineered potatoes can help prevent diabetes and tackle diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis
Jamun: A healthy way to welcome the monsoon rains
The jamun fruit has a host of therapeutic properties and the best time to eat it is during the monsoon, when the tree is fruiting
Not even a glimmer of hope for health worldwide, warns report
Epidemic of chronic diseases, social inequalities and COVID-19 will worsen the future of global health
Ghanaians are eating more fast food: The who and the why
More men consumed fast food than women because men do not often cook or lack basic cooking skills; consumption was also a display of social status&…
Rural South Africa has a high burden of undiagnosed non-communicable diseases: Study
A health-screening programme in KwaZulu-Natal showed that most seniors, especially women were living with a chronic health condition
Deep look into eyes can tell if you are diabetic
Scientists captured and compared infrared images of iris, the region that corresponds to the health of pancreas (causal gland for diabetes) and …
Diagnostic test for pre-diabetic condition feasible: Study
Scientists from Pune-based National Chemicals Laboratory have found that in pre-diabetes condition, blood has abundance of glucose bound to units …
Lollipops, fizz, chips
Twenty-five years ago, small shops would sell foods produced by local home-food processors, but that important part of the informal economy seems …
Study offers potential diagnostic & therapeutic tools for fatty-liver-induced diabetes
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Type 2 diabetes has been increasing rapidly in India
100 years of insulin use: How it was discovered and where we stand today
Insulin treated its first patient in 1922, before which, those suffering from type I diabetes were rarely expected to live longer than a year or …
Health in news on April 17
Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and developments around health
Do you need to wash rice before cooking? Here’s the science
Washing process has been shown to rinse up to 20% of the microplastics from uncooked rice
India’s diabetes epidemic just got more grim; Lancet report reveals why
High prevalence of diabetes & lack of infrastructure in rural India could accelerate obesity, prediabetes epidemic, notes study
Scientists in India develop biosensor to detect diabetes-related complications
Till date, there has been very little effort to quantify levels of Methylglyoxal in the blood or food products we consume
This diabetes drug can prevent cardiovascular, kidney diseases: Study
Dulaglutide reduced heart attacks and strokes by 12%, decreased risks of kidney failure by a third