By Team Dr Mohan’s It’s frustrating to be a diabetes doctor in India. The disease has reached epidemic proportions, yet far too many people are still clueless about its signs and symptoms, how vicious it can be or how early diagnosis can save a life and a limb. As doctors continue to treat well-developed complications in …

Keep an eye out for all the factors that may increase your risk of type 2 diabetes. By Team Dr Mohan’s A disease is often like a jigsaw puzzle, with many interlocking parts and pieces. To tame it, every piece has to fit in: why it happens, how it happens, who it happens to and …

The answers are slowly coming in. Here is what you need to know about the state of research on Covid-19 and diabetes. In a pandemic-hit world, characterised by extreme uncertainty, one question brings true fear: “What does Covid-19 do to people with diabetes?”. We have been told that about 35-40 percent of people with severe …

I was consumed by the desire to take up an unusual challenge on approaching my 70th birthday in January 2019. I thought a 1000 kms cycle ride in Karnataka was a decent enough challenge but my younger and more aggressive cycling friends suggested a more challenging 4000 kms. This shook me and suggested that a …

At  71, I am an advocate of active ageing and staying fit at any age. I am rebuilding fitness with outdoor workouts after several months break due to pandemic restrictions, tough for a seventy plus. My cycle stood forlorn and dusty for months at our home in Delhi. Abundant precaution was necessary during the early …

For you to live a healthier life Diabetes is a complex disease. It can affect your life in many ways. As a result, there is a whole host of myths, misrepresentations and misunderstandings around diabetes. Even those who do their best to be well-informed have misconceptions about it. And wrong conceptions about diabetes affect how …

Your diabetes medications are safe for your kidney but your uncontrolled diabetes is not. This article is going to bust certain myths about diabetes and its treatment. It widely believed that diabetes is of two types, ie., type 1 and type 2. Today, there are more than 20 types of diabetes and each carries with …

During the last 10 years, Dr.Mohan’s Diabetes Education Academy (DMDEA) has been collaborating with the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) to conduct various certificate courses related to diabetes in order to improve the diabetes care in the country. In this article, we talk about 3 such courses; 1) The Certificate Course in Evidence Based …

The Visual Appeal Of Snow-White Rice May Have Made It India’s Preferred Staple, But the Nutritional Poverty Is Pushing Us Toward A Diabetic Disaster Scientists From 21 Countries Engage, Analyse And Put Forward A Definitive Study On Why We Need To Choose The Right Rice It is said, food is a memory that lasts a …

Everything you wanted to know about this Sweet Disorder How Sour is Sugar? Sugar is synonymous with ‘a sprinkle of joy’. Abnormal blood sugar levels, however, are a different proposition altogether. Diabetes mellitus, the disorder characterised by high blood sugar levels, is a common condition that afflicts a large percentage of the population especially in …