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Why Brittle Is the Most Exasperating and Expensive Form of Diabetes
Everyone with diabetes experiences occasional swings of blood sugar. But there is a small but conspicuous group of people, whose lives are constantly disrupted by such instability of blood glucose, that are severe and unpredictable. They are the people with brittle (or labile) diabetes, a term first coined in the 1940s. It is a type…
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Superfoods for All Reasons
Making superfoods a part of your diet is a great idea. Just be aware of the marketing hype that is often at work behind new trends and claims. Superfoods are all the rage. And health-conscious consumers love the attributes that go with the “superfood” label: detoxifying, immune-boosting, anti-ageing, stress-reducing and so on. “Food as medicine”…
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Dr V Mohan Identified Among Top 0.4 Percent Scientists In World Ranking
Dr. V. Mohan, Chairman, and Chief Diabetologist, Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre & President & Director, Madras Diabetes Research Foundation has been identified as one among 5 scientists from India who are listed by Stanford University who are in the top 2% among all scientists in the world in the specialty of Endocrinology and Metabolism.…
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Why Fatty Liver Disease is emerging as the new bad news
Invisible fat lurking in the body’s most silent organ is a rapidly emerging health crisis, especially in urban India. And it is no longer limited to people who drink excessively. Recognized in recent years, in the wake of the epidemics of obesity and diabetes, there is still very few published research and almost no treatment…
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Why Nurses Can Make A World of Difference To People With Diabetes
They are the largest group of healthcare workers in the world. They play a pivotal role in patient care, witness health impacts of diseases, deliver highly specialized services and provide the most important link in healthcare delivery. Yet their potential, expertise and experience are hardly recognized. They are left out of policy development, denied a…
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Towards Precision Medicine in Diabetes
Until recently, a “one-size-fits-all” approach was used to treat most forms of diabetes. Not anymore. Personalised therapy is all set to bring new hope and cheer for people with diabetes The era of big data, genomics and molecular medicine offer novel treatment opportunities. One such emerging area is precision diabetes. It is already proving to…
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Temporal changes in diabetes prevalence and achievement of care goals in urban South Asia from 2010 to 2016 – The Center for Cardio-metabolic Risk Reduction in South Asia Study
Abstract Aim: Achievement of treatment targets among individuals with diabetes remains suboptimal in many parts of the globe. We aimed to assess changes in diabetes prevalence and achievement of diabetes care goals in South Asia using two consecutive cross-sectional population-based surveys. Methods: Two representative samples of South Asian adults were recruited using identical methods from Chennai, Delhi,…
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The Gifted World
I was operated upon for a brain tumour, known as acoustic neurofibroma in medical parlance, in April 1995. This was essentially a benign tumour on the 8th cranial nerve or auditory nerve, which had unfortunately grown so much that it was also resting on my facial nerves (sensory and motor) and would result in the…
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An Illusory World
As a mother and one who had studied psychology, my intuition told me our firstborn was a very sensitive and gifted child who needed special care. Gifted individuals fall in the 2% population range of the IQ Bell curve and among various other exclusive cognitive functions and personality traits; they have high expectations of themselves…