Diabetes In India

How diabetes-specific insurance plans offer coverage and benefits

Policies assist those already suffering from the disease and most cost only around 20% more

Covid-19 linked with higher risk of type 1 diabetes in young people: Study

Children and adolescents infected with COVID-19 show a substantially higher risk of developing type 1 diabetes (T1D), according to a study of over 1 million patients aged 18 and younger. The findings, published recently in the journal JAMA Network Open, showed a 72 per cent increase in new diagnoses of T1D in younger COVID-19 patients in the six months following their diagnosis. However, the research emphasised that it is unclear whether COVID-19 triggers new onset of T1D. "Type 1 diabetes is considered an autoimmune disease," said Pamela Davis, a professor at the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, US, and corresponding author of the study. "It occurs mostly because the body's immune defenses attack the cells that produce insulin, thereby stopping insulin production and causing the disease. COVID has been suggested to increase autoimmune responses, and our present finding reinforces that suggestion," Davis said. The team analysed the de-identified electronic health records o

Diabetes burden: India lost 45 years of healthy life per person in 2021

By 2040, Type 1 diabetes cases to increase by 116% in India, says Lancet study

India among top 10 countries with most cases of Type 1 diabetes: Study

An estimated 8.4 million people were living with Type 1 Diabetes across the globe in 2021, and India was among the top ten countries with highest prevalence of the disease, according to a modelling study published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal. This number is predicted to increase to 13.5-17.4 million people living with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) by 2040, the resaerchers said. "Given that prevalence of people with T1D is projected to increase in all countries to up to 17.5 million cases in 2040, our results provide a warning for substantial negative implications for societies and healthcare systems," said Professor Graham Ogle, one of the authors of the study, from the University of Sydney, Australia. "There is an opportunity to save millions of lives in the coming decades by raising the standard of care for T1D and increasing awareness of the signs and symptoms of T1D to enable a 100 per cent rate of diagnosis in all countries," Ogle said. Researchers modelled data on

Pricing regulator closely watching prices of diabetes drug going off patent

Regulator looking to cap prices of Sitagliptin, Linagliptin and combinations

ICMR issues guidelines for Type 1 Diabetes amid surge in Covid-19 cases

According to ICMR study, more and more children are being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in India

Big Tech uses AI to arrest blindness among India's burgeoning diabetics

Diabetic retinopathy is a leading cause of blindness and vision loss in adults and tech giants such as Intel and Google are building AI-based innovations to address such problems

AstraZeneca aims to impact 10 mn diabetics by 2023, starts awareness drive

India will have 115 mn diabetics by 2030. Forty-four per cent of patients hospitalised for heart failure have type-2 diabetes

Ahead of World Diabetes Day, experts call for action to address epidemic

Ahead of World Diabetes Day, a new report has called for action to close the gap in diabetes prevention and care

How IVUS in balloon angioplasty can be a boon for heart and kidney patients

Balloon angioplasty using IVUS, has proved to be successful on heart patients with kidney ailments and diabetes, for Kerala-based Meditrina Hospital

Is it possible to keep diabetes under check? Here are a few ways to manage

The most important thing for diabetic patients is to keep their blood sugar level under control to avoid hospitalization

Diabetes may cause infertility in men; here are some precautionary measures

Unhealthy food habits lead to weight gain and obesity, insulin resistance which in turn causes both diabetes and predisposes to infertility

Healthy food options that diabetics can satiate their taste buds with

Foods low on glycemic index and high on fibre can be just as delectable as normal restaurant fare. And you needn't ditch your dessert, as there are plenty of diabetic-friendly options here too

Anupath: A diabetic's device to deal with the disease more effectively

Vinay Kumar, a chronic diabetic living on the insulin pump, is helping early detection and complete management of diabetes through his novel invention, AnuPath

Govt should expedite treatment to poor urban diabetics: Dr Mohan

At 16.7%, India had the highest share of the world's diabetics in 2015 after China

Cereals disbursed by ration shops might be the driver of diabetes in India

A recent study suggesting that the poor are increasingly falling prey to diabetes is alarming since it is this class of people who cannot afford quality treatment and really depend on public distribution system through ration shops. With the ration shops mostly distributing rice and wheat, these high carbohydrate cereals are propelling a new and very worrying wave of diabetes in the country. The linkage to the Green Revolution, unhealthy diet is only beginning to be understood. India is considered the diabetes capital of the world with about 70 million already afflicted by this disease. But what is most worrying is that till now diabetes was considered to be a disease of the more affluent but a new paper in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology says that India's diabetes epidemic is shifting and is likely to disproportionately affect economically disadvantaged groups. The researchers say the findings should cause concern in a country where most treatment costs are paid ...