Doctor Explains | Diabetes risk growing in India, the good news is it’s preventable — here’s how – Firstpost

Doctor Explains | Diabetes risk growing in India, the good news is it’s preventable — here’s how – Firstpost

India has one-fourth of the world’s diabetes patients, according to a study published on the eve of the World Diabetes Day (November 14). India currently has 26 per cent of the world’s diabetes patients at 212 million (21.2 crore), according to the study by NCD Risk Factor Collaboration, an international collective of health scientists. The … Read more

Study in Lancet – Firstpost

Study in Lancet – Firstpost

The groundbreaking international study found that the rates of diabetes in adults doubled from about 7 per cent to about 14 per cent from 1990 to 2022 read more A new study by Lancet found that the number of people suffering from diabetes has doubled over the past 30 years to more than 800 million … Read more

How India became the world’s ‘capital of untreated diabetics’ – Firstpost

How India became the world’s ‘capital of untreated diabetics’ – Firstpost

India is already infamous as the ‘diabetes capital of the world’. A recent report published in The Lancet has made another concerning revelation – not only did India account for the highest number of diabetics in 2022 but it also had the most cases of untreated diabetes worldwide. The study, conducted by the NCD Risk … Read more

How urban diets and artificial sweeteners are raising global diabetes risk – Firstpost

How urban diets and artificial sweeteners are raising global diabetes risk – Firstpost

On World Diabetes Day, learn about diabetes symptoms, prevention strategies and the need for proactive lifestyle changes. Factors such as poor dietary habits, a heavy reliance on processed foods and misconceptions surrounding artificial sweeteners significantly contribute to the increasing global diabetes rates. read more A staggering 422 million people worldwide are grappling with diabetes, with … Read more

How Chinese scientists ‘cured’ type 1 diabetes – Firstpost

How Chinese scientists ‘cured’ type 1 diabetes – Firstpost

Chinese scientists claimed to have cured a type 1 diabetes patient using cell transplants in what was stated to be the first such case in the world. The 25-year-old patient, who had the chronic condition for over a decade, was able to naturally regulate her blood sugar some 2.5 months after undergoing the minimally invasive … Read more

French Pharma Firm Ordered to Pay Millions Over Deadly Diabetes Drug

French Pharma Firm Ordered to Pay Millions Over Deadly Diabetes Drug

PARIS —  A French appeals court on Wednesday ordered pharmaceutical firm Servier to pay more than $460 million in damages over a scandal involving a diabetes drug linked to hundreds of deaths. The health scandal came to light in 2007 when a doctor raised the alert on heart risks linked to Mediator, a drug destined … Read more