Breakthroughs and burdens in a century of diabetes treatment
Since the discovery of insulin, diabetes treatment has made huge advances, but the condition has grown into a global killer
Indian scientists hit novel formulation for cost-effective and thermo-stable Insulin
Fibrilliation lead to loss of effective quantum of insulin
World Diabetes Day: Family key for its detection & prevention
The theme for World Diabetes Day 2018 and 2019 is family and diabetes
Type 1 diabetes leading cause of diabetes deaths in those below 25, easily preventable: Study
Countries with low socio-demographic indices recorded more type I diabetes deaths
Global Diabetes Compact to increase access to testing, treatment: WHO
About half of all adults with type 2 diabetes remain undiagnosed
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
A new report shows worrying growth of the diabetes pandemic
One in 10 adults worldwide — 537 million people — now live with diabetes
Proactive regulators key to safe biopharmaceuticals
Healthcare policymakers should devise suitable policies to strengthen the regulatory infrastructure in order to keep substandard drugs from being …
Insulin unaffordable for many in low-and middle-income countries
Lack of adequate infrastructure to manufacture or store insulin is a major hurdle many low- and middle-income countries face
Long live the queen: Anti-insulin protein linked to 500% increase in longevity among ants
Black garden queen ant can produce one million eggs and live for 30 years, unlike her sterile worker sisters, who only have one year’s …
‘Millions of diabetes patients may not have access to insulin by 2030’
With a lack of availalibility, rising costs and increasing burden of the disease, study says over 40 million with Type 2 diabetes may not be …
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 …
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
Fenugreek and onions are good for diabetic heart
The fibre-rich fenugreek seeds and sulfur compound-rich onion are now understood to possess significant sugar-lowering as well as lipid-lowering …
Scientists pave the way for a new therapy for type 2 diabetes
They have found that an enzyme plays a major role in determining the ability of cells to detect and respond to the hormone insulin
MIT scientists develop tortoise-shaped pill to deliver insulin
An alternative to the injection, the capsule contains a small needle made of compressed insulin that can inject into the stomach wall without the …
Non-obese and lean Indians also prone to Type 2 diabetes
Study reveals that non-obese and even lean Indians have ectopic fat in liver and pancreas, which may contribute to insulin resistance leading to …
National List of Essential Medicines: 34 drugs enlisted in update after 7 years
The latest National List of Essential Medicines features 384 medicines, drops 26 old ones
From discovering insulin to unearthing a double agent, our pick of Insights long reads in 2022
44 long-form articles that put the spotlight on groundbreaking new research and compelling human interest stories from around the world
