Topic: South Asia
(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 ...
India is facing a twin epidemic of diabetes and high blood pressure, doctors have warned, after the results of a countrywide study suggested that one in five people had both conditions.The two-year study of nearly 16,000 adults in eight states found that ...
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - It's festival season in India, with the celebrations providing a perfect opportunity for family outings, late-night parties and customary feasting on sweets.But health experts warn that the festivities, coupled with genetic predisposition and lifestyle changes brought about by ...
LONDON (Reuters) - A large trial comparing treatments for typhoid has backed the use of gatifloxacin, an antibiotic launched by Bristol Myers Squibb in the United States but withdrawn amid worries about side effects.The trial, conducted in Kathmandu, Nepal, analyzed gatifloxacin, which ...
Indian housewife Sujata Budarapu was shocked when she was told that her two sons were on the verge of developing Type 2 diabetes."It had never even occurred to me that this could happen. I had heard that outside India this happens to ...
President Obama's visit there has put India in the spotlight and among the things of which to take note is the surging scourge of Type 2 diabetes among India's 1.15 billion people. Outpacing the incidence of Australia, and nearly double the rate ...
Renal transplantation is the treatment of choice for a medically eligible patient with end stage renal disease. Utilization of non-heart-beating donors is still in a plateau phase and comprises a minor percentage of deceased donations. Transplants with living donors outnumbered cadaveric transplants ...
Known by the more common name " A native plant to eastern Europe and some parts of Asia, fenugreek is now cultivated in areas all over the world for its leaves and seeds -- with the seeds more commonly used for a ...
A vine from the tropical regions of India shows promise as a diabetes treatment. Gymnema sylvestre, has been used as herbal medicine in India for centuries. Recent studies have shown that Gymnema sylvestre successfully controlled blood sugar levels with extended use in ...
Momordica charantia or also known as bitter melon or bitter gourd .For Indian's we know this fruit as " Basically a fruit from Cucurbitaceae family of the plant kingdom is grown extensively in India and surrounding subcontinent.. In a recent scientific study ...
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