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All you need to know about Gestational Diabetes
What is Gestational Diabetes? Pregnant women who have never had diabetes before but who have high blood glucose (sugar) levels during pregnancy are said to have gestational diabetes. Almost all women...
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Diabetes and Eye Disease: Causes and precautions
Diabetes is a major public health concern. The prevalence of diabetes is increasing in the world. India has one of the highest number of people with diabetes in the world, and this is therefore a major...
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How Diabetes during pregnancy affects the baby
Diabetes can affect the developing fetus throughout the pregnancy. In early pregnancy, a mother’s diabetes can result in birth defects and an increased rate of miscarriage. Many of the birth defects...
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Healthy eating for Gestational Diabetes
Glucose is the primary source of energy for fetal growth. The aim of dietary advice is to prevent maternal hyperglycemia attenuating the Insulin Resistance of the pregnancy so as to prevent the onset...
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Gestational Diabetes FAQs
Pregnant women who have never had diabetes before but who have high blood glucose (sugar) levels during pregnancy are said to have gestational diabetes. According to a 2014 analysis by the Centers for...
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Mom’s age at childbirth linked to son’s diabetes risk
A new research has revealed that a mom’s age at childbirth may affect her baby boy’s birth weight as well as his adult glucose metabolism. Charlotte Verroken of Ghent University Hospital in Ghent,...
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How type 2 diabetes drug makes people fat
Medication used to treat patients with Type II diabetes activates sensors on brain cells that increase hunger, causing people to gain more body fat, new research has found. The study, published in The...
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Diabetes during pregnancy may up the risk of autistic baby
Mothers who develop diabetes during the first 26 weeks of pregnancy may have a higher risk of having a baby who will develop autism, a study published in the American Medical Association’s JAMA...
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Treatment for Gestational Diabetes
It’s essential to monitor and control your blood sugar to keep your baby healthy and avoid complications during pregnancy and delivery. You’ll also want to keep a close eye on your future blood sugar...
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Toxin produced by bacteria may lead to Type 2 Diabetes
In an important research that could lead to the development of vaccine to prevent one of the most prevalent diseases of our time – Type-2 diabetes, US researchers have found that toxins produced by a...
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Deadly Diabetes: India home to 17% of world’s diabetics
Meerut’s Sharad Tripathi developed diabetes five years ago, at 33, “no thanks to the stressful life of a sales person that involves a lot of travel, eating out and irregular meal times, and no time for...
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Obesity Paradox: Is weight gain good for Type 2 Diabetics?
Overweight type-2 diabetes patients live longer than those of normal weight, according to a new study conducted in Qatar. The study conducted by Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (WCMC-Q) was...
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Researchers propose new Ayurvedic drug to treat Diabetes
Research inspired by the unique ayurvedic metallic preparations known as ‘bhasmas’ has led Indian researchers to propose a novel nano-particle-based drug for diabetes. In a proof-of-concept study,...
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How exercise helps control blood sugar
Diabetics who exercise can trim waist size and body fat, and also control blood glucose even if they do not see cardiorespiratory benefits or improvement in ability to take in oxygen, new research has...
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Middle class Indians at higher Diabetes risk
Compared to those in the developed world, middle classes in India and other developing countries are more susceptible to Type-2 diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular diseases, thanks to their...
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Why diabetics should eat breakfast everyday
Diabetics who skip breakfast may have elevated blood sugar levels throughout the day, warns new research. Fasting until noon triggers major blood sugar spikes and impairs the insulin responses of...
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Common diabetes drug found to reduce bad cholesterol
A common diabetes drug Metformin can also help lower “bad” cholesterol that is known for promoting cardiovascular diseases by hardening the arteries, significant research has found. “The findings...
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India has 65 million diabetics, second largest in the world
India has around 65 million diabetic patients, the number being second only to China, Apollo Hospital’s senior endocrinologist S.K. Wangnoo said on Tuesday. “The main reasons for the rise in the number...
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Ayurvedic drug to cure Type II diabetes without side effects
For those having high blood sugar levels and are on antibiotics for long, state-owned National Botanical Garden Institute (NBRI) here has come up with a herbal and healthy option. “We have developed a...
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How lack of sleep increases diabetes risk
Beyond temporary mood disorders and tiredness, lack of sleep can inflict lasting damage on your body as researchers have found that insufficient sleep can increase the risk of diabetes, a chronic...
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