Tag: diabetes

Telangana screens 1.49 crore people for NCDs, identifies 18 lakh with hypertension, nine lakh with diabetes

October 10, 2026 admin

Telangana has screened approximately 1.49 crore people for non-communicable diseases (NCDs), identifying around 18 lakh people with hypertension and more than nine lakh with diabetes, said Health Secretary Christina Z. Chongthu on Saturday (October 10). | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Telangana has screened approximately 1.49 crore people for non-communicable diseases (NCDs), identifying around 18 lakh…

Nation

Popular Weight Loss Drug Ozempic Could Increase Risk Of Blindness, Study Says

December 21, 2024 admin

Recent studies have uncovered a frightening association between the popular diabetes and weight loss drugs, Ozempic and Wegovy, with a rare eye disorder that may cause blindness. A study, published in the medical journal JAMA Ophthalmology, reported that individuals on those drugs containing semaglutide have a much larger percentage chance of acquiring NAION, or, more…

World

Quarter of the world’s diabetics are in India; experts call for prevention efforts on war footing

November 16, 2024 admin

Image used for representation purposes. File On International Diabetes Day (November 14), there was bitter news for nations of the world. A paper published in the peer-reviewed journal, The Lancet, based on a global study, recorded over 800 million adults living with diabetes, with more than half not receiving treatment. Not surprisingly, India had…

World

New Algorithm Analyses Tongue To Predict Diabetes, Stroke With 98% Accuracy

August 13, 2024 admin

The colour, shape, thickness of the tongue can reveal a litany of health conditions. (Representational) New Delhi: Researchers have developed a novel computer algorithm that can predict various diseases like diabetes or stroke, just by analysing the colour of the human tongue with 98 per cent accuracy. The imaging system developed by Middle Technical University…

World

US Woman Jailed For Killing Her Daughter, 4, By Feeding Her Diet Of Mountain Dew

May 26, 2024 admin

Many of the girl’s teeth had rotten away at the time of her death, the court heard. A woman in the US was sentenced on Friday to at least nine years in prison for manslaughter after she fed her diabetic daughter a diet consisting mainly of Mountain Dew. According to the New York Post, her 4-year-old…

World

On Hottest Days, Hospitalisation Risk Doubled For Sugar, BP Patients: Study

May 22, 2024 admin

On the hottest days, risk of hospitalisation for people with metabolic disorders nearly doubled. New Delhi: On the hottest days, risk of hospitalisation for people with metabolic disorders such as those of sugar and blood pressure, and obesity, almost doubled as compared to days recording comfortable temperatures, a new study has found. The research analysing…

World

30-year study links ultra-processed food to higher risk of early death

May 11, 2024 admin

Higher consumption of most ultra-processed foods is linked to a slightly higher risk of death, with ready-to-eat meat, poultry, and seafood based products, sugary drinks, dairy based desserts, and highly processed breakfast foods showing the strongest associations, finds a 30-year U.S. observational study. The results were published in the journal The BMJ. The researchers say not all…

Science

Study finds one way statins can cause diabetes, and a solution

March 28, 2024 admin

A bottle of Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd.’s atorvastatin calcium tablets arranged for a photograph, February 20, 2014. | Photo Credit: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg Administering ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) can stave off the tendency of statins to induce glucose intolerance and diabetes, a study by a group of researchers in China has found. (For top health news of the…

Science