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Diwali Delights- Peda
Ingredients Low fat milk – 1 litre Limejuice – 1 tsp Corn flour – 2 tsp Sugar substitute – 4 sachets Saffron – a few [optional] Cardamom powder – a pinch Pista & badam – 1 tsp chopped Method Boil the milk in heavy pan stirring constantly until it is reduced to half. Dissolve the…
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Diabetic Retinopathy
Dr. V Mohan Chairman, Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre Of the various complications of diabetes, visual impairment is perhaps the most feared by people with diabetes. Diabetic individuals are much more prone to visual disability than non-diabetic individuals. The impact of visual impairment among diabetic individuals has profound implications for the person affected and society…
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Diwali Delights- Almond Pudding
Ingredients Low fat milk -350ml Corn flour -1 tbsp Sugar substitute powder – 1 ½ tsp Eggs – 2 (white only) Almond essence – ½ tsp Almonds – 5 Salt – a pinch Method Dissolve the corn flour in 2tbsb of milk. Boil the rest of the milk. Put off the flame.…
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Challenges of keeping up with type 1 diabetes in the family
Challenges of keeping up with type 1 diabetes in the family Type 1 diabetes diagnosis can be an earth shattering event for the entire family due to its sudden onset and continuous life changes. Apart from the child, the family members go through many ups and downs trying to cope with fluctuating sugars, adjustment of…
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10 recommended tests for those with suspected diabetic kidney disease
If you are suffering from diabetes, you need to take special care of your kidneys. While diabetes affects all the crucial organs of the body, kidney failure in diabetics is way too common. High sugar levels erode the capillaries of the organs which slowly and steadily makes the kidneys dysfunctional. Diabetes kidney disease is common in people who…
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Does diabetes affect one’s physical appearance
We talk a lot about how diabetes affects the integral organs of the body, a reason why this condition is called a silent killer. People who suffer from type II diabetes can live with the conditions for years before it comes to the fore. By the time one gets diagnosed with the same the damage…
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How to prevent diabetic kidney disease
There are around 72 million people with diabetes in India and these numbers are expected to increase to 134 million in the next 10-15 years. Uncontrolled diabetes can affect many organs and the kidney is one of the most serious of these complications. On World Kidney Day, its time we start paying attention to this issue.…
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The 10 Commandments of Doctor-Patient Relationship
In the bygone days, doctors were given a status in society which was next only to God. Those were days when we had a ‘family doctor’ was not just a physician but a friend, philosopher and guide. All that changed with increasing specialization and super-specialization in medicine. This has led to distancing the patient from the doctor.…
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Diabetes control in line with changing disease patterns
As World Diabetes Day comes up, here’s how India can protect its people in the time of growing non-communicable diseases Till the 1990s, the majority of deaths in India were due to communicable diseases. Only Kerala and Goa showed a different trend, with more than 50 per cent of the deaths resulting from non-communicable diseases…
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Develop preventive strategies for diabetes
A New Year, to me, has always been about new hopes, new beginnings. I stick to my resolutions religiously. I tell people that once we make a commitment to ourselves, especially by writing down a list of things we want to achieve, a divine help comes in various forms and one by one all the…