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High prices and low availability are still major barriers to patients’ access to new and old medicines Geneva, 3 October 2021 – The World Health Organization (WHO) on 1 October published the new edition of its Model Lists of Essential Medicines and Essential Medicines for Children, which include new treatments …

Findings from the NIH-funded study underscore the importance of early, intensive treatment Washington DC. People with type 2 diabetes diagnosed during youth have a high risk of developing complications at early ages and have a greater chance of multiple complications within 15 years after diagnosis. The findings are the culmination …

If you are living with diabetes, what is the risk that COVID-19 poses to you and how can you stay safe and healthy during the pandemic? WHO’s Dr Gojka Roglic explains in WHO’s Science in 5. If you are living with diabetes, what is the risk that COVID-19 poses to …

Bob Aronson was only 54 years old and, in the words of his son Tom, “extremely healthy.” “So it was really surprising to everyone when he went in for an annual routine eye exam and his eye doctor suspected diabetes,” Tom recalled. With his diabetes diagnosis confirmed, Bob got back …

Diabetes: A major health challenge for India New Delhi, July 07, 2021.  Diabetes is a major health challenge for India, showing a trend of increasing prevalence over the years. It is a chronic disease, and over time, uncontrolled diabetes can cause serious damage to many systems in the body, especially …

One in four Americans with diabetes has it and doesn’t know it. Take the American Diabetes Association Diabetes Risk Test below to see if you are at risk for type 2 diabetes.

India is the diabetes capital of the world New Delhi, Nov 03: India is the diabetic capital of the world as every sixth person with diabetes in the world is an Indian. Insulin resistance has been a big challenge to the researchers who seek to understand and treat it. Researchers …

New Delhi, June 12 (India Science Wire): Researchers at the KEM Hospital and Research Centre, Pune; CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad; and the University of Exeter in the UK have found that a genetic risk score is effective in diagnosing type-1 diabetes in Indians. The outcome of …

Urine based biomarker for early prediction of diabetic kidney failure identified New Delhi, February 21: Diabetic Kidney failure or Diabetic Nephropathy is among the most significant longer-term complications associated with type 2 diabetes. The risk of End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) and resulting premature disease and death is estimated to increase …

Washington, Friday, February 14, 2020. A study conducted by NIH suggests that breastfeeding may reduce type 2 diabetes risk among women with gestational diabetes. The longer a woman with gestational, or pregnancy-related, diabetes breastfeeds her infant, the lower her risk for developing type 2 diabetes later in life, suggests an …

Researchers have discovered a mechanism in rats that links cigarette smoking and the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.