There is growing evidence that novel coronavirus might be triggering type-1 diabetes in some people who have so far remained free of it. The virus seems to be causing diabetes spontaneously in people. Diabetes is one of the key risk factors for developing severe COVID-19 and chances of dying is elevated in people with diabetes. Now, … Continue reading Novel coronavirus infection might trigger diabetes
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IIT Guwahati team creates an implantable ‘pancreas’ to treat Type 1 diabetes
The beta cells in the scaffold were able to produce adequate amount of insulin in response to different glucose levels within a few seconds. Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati have successfully created an implantable bioartificial pancreas model grown within a 3D silk scaffold. The “pancreas”, which encapsulates the insulin-producing beta cells, … Continue reading IIT Guwahati team creates an implantable ‘pancreas’ to treat Type 1 diabetes
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 intervention that can prevent many more becoming diabetic therefore becomes important. The revised guidelines address the concerns faced by pregnant women with gestational diabetes in … Continue reading Non-fasting test sufficient for gestational diabetes screening
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 with and without gestational diabetes and children born to such mothers would be followed up for 15 years. The screening programme was started two months … Continue reading Novel study in TN to know gestational diabetes effects
Editorial: Long-acting insulin
Published in The Hindu on August 4, 2010 With animal studies trying out a single injection of a large assembly of insulin molecules (supramolecule insulin assembly) yielding promising results, the traditional method of treating Type I diabetes with multiple injections of insulin every day to maintain the normal glucose level can possibly be done away … Continue reading Editorial: Long-acting insulin
Editorial: Need for early intervention
Published in The Hindu on April 21, 2008 Tamil Nadu’s imaginative screening programme launched a year ago has proved highly beneficial in early detection and control of gestational diabetes. The largest such initiative, the programme involved screening pregnant women visiting government-run prenatal clinics. It is an example of how timely intervention that costs very little … Continue reading Editorial: Need for early intervention
How to detect true gestational diabetes
Published in The Hindu on March 27, 2008 The way pregnant women are tested for GDM makes it difficult to say with surety that the disease has indeed been developed only during pregnancy. Women who are already diabetic but become aware of their disease at the time of pregnancy cannot be classified as having gestational … Continue reading How to detect true gestational diabetes
A new class of drug to treat diabetes
Published in The Hindu on October 25, 2007 Two years after the drug was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, diabetics (Type II) in India have the choice of a new class of drug that would help keep their disease under check. While existing drugs work to keep blood glucose level near normal, … Continue reading A new class of drug to treat diabetes
Yoga for treating early stages of diabetes
Published in The Hindu on February 22, 2007 Management of type 2 diabetes in newly diagnosed patients with near normal HBA1c level need not always be through medication. Doing a few yogasanas (yogas) might have the same effect. Alternative method The study undertaken in ten such patients and published in the Journal of the Association … Continue reading Yoga for treating early stages of diabetes
Genetic predisposition to diabetes high in Indians
Published in The Hindu on May 4, 2006 Blame it on your genes. After all, you are what you are because of your genes. While the role of genes in determining the colour of one's eyes or appearance has been accepted, their role in determining behavioural characteristics is still debated. Genes have been found to … Continue reading Genetic predisposition to diabetes high in Indians
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