Diabetes forecast to hit one in 10 adults by 2030

2011-11-14T08:30:26Z

(Reuters) - One in 10 adults will have diabetes by 2030, posing a huge challenge to healthcare systems around the world, according to a report on Monday.

The number of people living with the disease is expected to soar to 552 million by 2030 -- equating to three new cases every 10 seconds -- up from 366 million in 2011, unless urgent action is taken, the

Novo Nordisk Plans Massive Investment in China R&D Center

2010-11-29T14:49:32Z

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China has world's highest number of diabetics

2010-11-15T04:30:32Z

"A combination of poor public awareness and limited access to early detection services are largely responsible for the low diagnostic rate on the mainland," Ji Linong, head of the Chinese Diabetes Society, was quoted saying.

A total of 13 percent of China's total medical spending, around 25 billion dollars, is diabetes-related, the Reuters) - Researchers in Japan have designed tiny beads that detected blood sugar levels when implanted in the ears of mice and they hope to eventually use this to replace more invasive techniques in people with diabetes.

Laced with diboronic acid and certain hydrocarbons, the beads glow when they pick up glucose floating in ...

Novo Nordisk to Double China R&D Headcount

2010-09-15T19:32:49Z

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Discover How The Turmeric Medicinal Uses Can Help To Improve Your Health and Prevent Future Diseases

2010-09-22T10:32:26Z

After being used in traditional healing in India and China for thousands of years, the turmeric medicinal uses are finally being taken up here in the West. But what are the benefits and what is the best way to take it?

Traditional turmeric medicinal uses include help in healing cuts and wounds, headache relief and the healing of many skin problems like eczema and psoriasis.

With many studies now completed, there is finally proof of just what an effective herb it is. Its active i...

What Is Chanca Piedra?

2010-11-05T10:07:05Z

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2010-11-05T10:59:36Z

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What Is Gymnema Extract?

2010-11-05T10:59:56Z

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What are Some Health Benefits of Cinnamon?

2010-11-05T11:07:08Z

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Chia Seeds & Glucomannan

2010-09-11T21:19:27Z

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The Postmodern Life Of Metformin Sizable Domestic Market

2010-09-10T10:11:36Z

Field of diabetes treatment in recent years have only a few "blockbuster" potential anti-diabetes drug market, but experienced a 50-year career in the classical market of drug metformin, is still under the effective control of human diabetes, the war worked hard

With the people's living standards and lifestyle changes, the "rich man's disease," said the incidence of diabetes shows rapid rise in violent trend. So far, the global type 2 diabetes have 250 million people, is expected to...

Aarkstore Enterprise---Diabetes Care Devices Market In Brazil, Russia, India & China (BRIC)

2010-10-06T00:24:00Z

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This market research report analyzes the diabetes care devices market in Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRIC) over the period 2009-2014. The report categorizes the overall market for diabetes care devices into the submarkets for insulin pumps, self-monitoring blood glucose systems, and continuous glucose monitoring systems.

The diabetes care devices market in BRIC nations was approximately $257.55 million in 2009 and is expected to grow a CAGR of ...

Study links Chinese kidney problems to genes

2010-08-25T09:15:45Z

Variants of a gene contribute to the high risk of kidney disease among diabetics of Chinese descent compared with Caucasians, a study said Wednesday.

Asians tend to have a higher likelihood of kidney failure, a major cause of death among diabetics. Diabetes rates have been soaring in China as rising prosperity changes lifestyles.

Writing in the Reuters) - Some diabetics are at risk of developing chronic kidney disease if they have mutations of a certain gene, a long-term study in Hong Kong has found.

Kidney failure is an important cause of death for people with type 2 diabetes, and ethnic Chinese diabetics are more prone to developing chronic kidney disease than Caucasians.

The finding would...

Novo Nordisk A/S Q2 2010 Earnings Call Transcript

2010-11-02T12:12:05Z

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High Economic and Population Growth Driving the Healthcare Delivery Market

2010-10-05T17:31:00Z

The Healthcare System and Delivery Network in Emerging Economies (China, India and Brazil) - Growth Opportunities Driven by Awareness, Affordability and Access

China, India and Brazil are the fastest growing emerging markets in the world. The unprecedented growth seen in these emerging economies despite the world economic slowdown consolidates their role as the key players to influence the world economy in the future. India, China and Brazil together account for about one-third o...

China's huge market insulin diabetes intense competition cross Corps - china Bandage

2010-10-05T23:03:25Z

Over the past 30 years, studies have shown that the prevalence of diabetes in China was gradually rising trend. At present, China faces new problems: the world's largest diabetes populations. China now has 92 million diabetes patients, has more than India, to become diabetic in the world than any other country. That is, every 10 adult one person in China is already a diabetic, and 16% had at the edge of the disease. World Health Organization estimated in 2006 to 2015, diabetes, heart disease ...

China Biotech Week in Review

2010-11-02T12:06:13Z

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Vision Shopsters: BRIC Diabetes Drugs Market

2010-10-06T08:52:52Z

The prevalence of diabetes is on the rise across the globe due to increased life expectancy, changing lifestyles, and the rising incidence of obesity. Brazil's diabetes drugs market is showing a double digit growth rate; while the Russian insulin market is also expected to witness significant growth with an estimated 20 million patients in the region requiring diabetes treatment by 2025.

India and China have the highest number of diabetics in the world ? China alone is expected to have...

Novo Nordisk A/S Investor presentation on Victoza® launch and International Operation Transcript

2010-10-27T08:56:30Z

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Merck launching numerous drugs around the world

2010-05-25T13:45:27Z

Merck & Co. is enjoying a spurt of new drug launches, partly due to its $41 billion November acquisition of New Jersey neighbor Schering-Plough Corp. Some have been on the market in the United States for a while, including blockbuster diabetes medicine Summary of histor...

China's huge market insulin diabetes intense competition cross Corps

2010-10-05T23:03:24Z

China suffering 'diabetes epidemic'

2010-03-25T04:16:23Z

China now has a diabetes "epidemic" as obesity rates rise, a study warned Thursday, with one in 10 adults in the rapidly developing nation suffering from a disease already rampant in the West.

The study in the New England Journal of Medicine estimated that more than 92 million men and women are living with diabetes in China, or almost 10 pe...

China 'faces diabetes epidemic'

2010-03-25T03:15:43Z

China faces a diabetes epidemic, a new report warned Thursday, with rising obesity levels and an ageing population helping to trigger a major public health problem.

The study published in The New England Journal of Medicine estimates that more than 92 million men and women are living with diabetes in China, or almost one in 10 adults in the...

China faces diabetes epidemic: report

2010-03-25T01:15:32Z

China faces a diabetes epidemic, a new report warned Thursday, with rising obesity levels and an ageing population helping to trigger a major public health problem.

The study published in The New England Journal of Medicine estimates that more than 92 million men and women are living with diabetes in China, or almost one in 10 adults in the...

1 in 10 Chinese adults are diabetics, study finds

2010-03-24T18:00:09Z

After working overtime to catch up to life in the West, China now faces a whole new problem: the world's biggest diabetes epidemic.

One in 10 Chinese adults already have the disease and another 16 percent are on the verge of developing it, according to a new study. The finding nearly equals the U.S. rate of 11 percent and surpasses other Western nations, including

Sanofi-Aventis Looks for More China Partnerships

2010-10-25T09:21:00Z

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Gut bacteria and disease may be linked

2010-03-04T08:05:22Z

SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - Some of the hundreds of bacteria found in the digestive systems of humans may be linked to specific diseases like cancer, diabetes and obesity, an international team of scientists said in a paper on Thursday.

Researchers, led by Chinese scientist Wang Jun, said in the latest issue of Nature they found...

Diabetes to exact huge costs on poor countries

2010-04-16T07:00:00Z

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Diabetes and its complications -- such as strokes and heart disease -- will place an enormous financial burden on poorer countries in years to come, researchers warned in a report published Tuesday.

"Diabetes is moving from being a disease of developed countries to a disease in developing countries like India and Chi...

Bayer Seeks Better Than 20% Growth in China

2010-10-25T07:53:54Z

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Brain Vessel Disease May Help Predict ESRD in Diabetes

2010-10-24T15:29:31Z

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Diabetes rates on the rise, developing countries seek solution

2010-10-22T15:17:33Z

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Reata Pharmaceuticals Licenses Chronic Kidney Disease Drug Bardoxolone Methyl to Kyowa Hakko Kirin

2010-10-24T15:17:27Z

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Pfizer Gains Presence in Diabetes Market with Takeda Deal

2010-10-22T13:02:00Z

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arabinoxylan

2010-10-26T23:29:37Z

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Kudzu

2010-10-26T23:29:32Z

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Kidney Disease Risk May Be Higher in Allergic Diabetics

2010-10-24T09:51:13Z

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Imaging Strategy Can Help Assess Pancreatic Perfusion

2010-10-24T09:50:59Z

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DataBase Research and Evaluation Results

2010-10-22T11:25:35Z

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Nutrition Wisdom From Around the World

2010-10-26T20:22:04Z

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Chamomile Tea May Ward Off Diabetes Damage

2010-10-26T21:03:05Z

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China arrests man linked to deadly diabetes drug

2010-04-16T17:14:59Z

Police in China arrest man for allegedly distributing deadly diabetes drug

Police in China have arrested a man accused of distributing a shoddy diabetes drug blamed for at least two deaths, a state news agency said Saturday.

The medicine contained six times the normal amount of a chemical ingredient used to lower blood sugar.

It is blamed for killing two people and sickening nine others in the far western regio...

China detains 2 for selling drug linked to deaths

2010-04-16T17:16:31Z

Chinese police detained two people Thursday accused of distributing a doctored diabetes drug linked to two deaths in the country's far west, though they are still hunting for the mastermind of the plot.

The medicine contained six times the normal amount of a chemical ingredient used to lower blood sugar, and is believed to have been distributed at many places across the country, the official Xinhua News Agency said...

Strong operating results for Roche in 2008

2010-10-23T19:22:08Z

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Sweet Potato for Type 2

2010-10-23T18:49:00Z

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Insulet Corporation Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript

2010-10-21T09:13:07Z

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Regulation of Pancreatic β Cell Mass by Neuronal Signals from the Liver

2010-10-26T12:07:24Z

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Novo Nordisk Expands R&D Presence in China with New Manufacturing Plant

2010-10-21T09:11:35Z

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Mixed results with low-dose aspirin as primary prevention of vascular events in type 2 diabetes

2010-10-23T19:01:22Z

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Arsenic in Drinking Water Raises Diabetes Risk

2010-10-23T19:02:48Z

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Insulet Corporation, Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript

2010-10-21T09:02:37Z

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Diabetes Raises TB Risk

2010-10-26T10:17:21Z

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Wireless Data Growing as the Landscape Shifts

2010-10-23T10:05:54Z

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Lifestyle Interventions Hold Diabetes at Bay

2010-10-26T12:11:36Z

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Lifestyle Interventions May Delay Diabetes for Many Years

2010-10-22T22:57:41Z

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Oculus Devises China Marketing Plan for Wound Healing Product

2010-10-19T16:31:57Z

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Health Highlights: March 21, 2008

2010-10-23T09:55:58Z

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Retraction

2010-10-25T20:58:21Z

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Myanmar frees journalist held for 6 days

2010-09-10T01:15:47Z

Myanmar Frees Journalist Who Was Held for 6 Days; Groups Says Others Still Missing

Authorities on Wednesday released a prominent Myanmar reporter for the Japanese newspaper Tokyo Shimbun after six days in detention, but there were reports that other journalists remained missing after a government crackdown on protests.

Min Zaw...

Health Highlights: Aug. 30, 2007

2010-10-22T22:59:05Z

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Health Highlights: May 26, 2007

2010-10-23T02:52:19Z

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Health Highlights: May 25, 2007

2010-10-23T02:52:15Z

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South Korea Koreas Clash

2011-01-05T01:31:08Z

South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan, right, shakes hands with U.S. special envoy on North Korea, Stephen Bosworth before their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Jung Yeon-je, Pool)

South Korea Koreas Nuclear

2011-01-05T01:31:07Z

U.S. special envoy on North Korea, Stephen Bosworth, left, and South Korea's chief nuclear negotiator Wi Sung-lac attend talks at the latter's office in Seoul, Wednesday, Jan...

South Korea US Koreas Clash

2011-01-04T02:30:23Z

Stephen Bosworth, US special representative for North Korea policy, talks to reporters upon his arrival at Incheon international airport, west of Seoul, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. Bosworth arrived in Seoul for talks on North Korea's nuclear...

APTOPIX South Korea Koreas Clash

2011-01-03T07:31:38Z

South Korean Army's 155 mm howitzers fire during a military drill near the demilitarized zone, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Chulwon, north of Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Jan. 3, 2011. South Korea's president vowed Monday not to let North Korea "cove...

North Korea Koreas Clash

2011-01-03T04:31:29Z

Ctizens attend a rally in support of North Korea's "joint new year editorial" in the city's central Kim Il Sung Square, in Pyongyang, North Korea Monday, Jan. 3, 2011. In the North Korean capital, tens of thousands gathered Monday for the annual New Year rally to display loyalty to leader K...

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