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Posted on January 16, 2016June 28, 2016

Non-fasting test sufficient for gestational diabetes screening

Diagnosing gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in pregnant women in low- and middle-income countries with high diabetes burden, like India, has become easy thanks to the revised 2013 WHO guidelines. Any…

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Posted on January 13, 2016July 20, 2016

Editorial: Let the science decide on plioglitazone

That the Union Health Ministry takes critical decisions affecting a large number of people without any scientific basis does not portend well for public health in India. Neither the ban…

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Posted on January 13, 2016July 20, 2016

Drugs board wants ban on Pioglitazone diabetes drug revoked

The Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB) on Friday recommended revoking the ban on pioglitazone — an oral anti-diabetic drug which was banned on June 18. But the DTAB, which was…

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Posted on January 13, 2016July 20, 2016

Pioglitazone: no bladder cancer for 3 years

A three-year study (2005-2008) undertaken on 204 subjects who had impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), a pre-diabetic stage, and who were on pioglitazone drug alone did not find any case of…

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Posted on January 12, 2016July 20, 2016

Diabetes drug: ‘Maybe I erred in my judgement’

There is growing evidence that the ban the Union Health Ministry imposed on June 18 on pioglitazone — a widely used anti-diabetes oral drug — was taken with undue haste…

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Posted on January 9, 2016

Novel study in TN to know gestational diabetes effects

Published in The Hindu on March 8, 2012 For the first time in the country, 14,000 pregnant women will be screened for gestational diabetes (GDM), and equal number of women…

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Posted on January 9, 2016January 19, 2016

Harmful effects of excess sugar intake

Published in The Hindu on February 2, 2012   It may not be providing any nutritional benefits, but added sugar does plenty of harm. There is a great body of…

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Posted on January 6, 2016

Universal screening for gestational diabetes becomes easier

Published in The Hindu on August 26, 2009 Universal screening of pregnant women for gestational diabetes (GDM) has got a shot in the arm. Women will no longer have to…

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