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Diabetes and Heart Disease
Diabetes is a health condition that goes hand in hand with various high-risk diseases, the predominant of which is heart disease. Heart disease is very prevalent in our population and is a serious condition—it is considered the leading cause of death in both male and female patients. People with diabetes are twice as likely to have …
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Diabetes Reversal is a Reality
Worldwide, diabetes is a major public health problem affecting a large number of individuals. The global prevalence of diabetes in adults has been increasing over recent decades. The total number of people with diabetes is projected to increase from 483 million to 700 million1. India has currently 77 million people with diabetes while 80 million …
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USE OF CONTINOUS GLUCOSE MONITORING (CGMS) TO SUPPORT NUTRITIONAL MODIFICATION
Nutrition is one of the pillars in the management of diabetes. The diet should be individualized with respect to personal preference, one’s age, metabolic control and associated medical condition. The usage of technology like Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) has been proven to be very effective in controlling blood sugars especially with respect to maintaining lifestyle …
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Breast Feed – The Best Feed
A special article on World Breastfeeding Week The first week of August is celebrated annually as World Breastfeeding Week (WBW). WBW this year falls on the 1st to 7th August and represents a global celebration of breastfeeding efforts including breastfeeding promotion, support, education, research, progressive trends and normalizing breastfeeding as the gold standard of infant nutrition. …
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Collaboration of Stakeholders for Positive Outcomes- Part 3
The State’s Role in the Care of T1D Persons Sir Frederick Grant Banting , a Canadian medical scientist, physician, painter, and Nobel laureate and discoverer of insulin said about the sale of the patent of insulin for $1, “Insulin belongs to the world, not to me.” Are we still respecting this honorable sentiment and gesture …
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Collaboration of Stakeholders for Positive Outcomes – Part 2
I once again reiterate the story of Mitchell Jacobs and Britanny Gilleland, who has been living with type 1 diabetes for over 14 years. Even during their courtship Mitchell was able to see the frequent challenges Britanny had to undergo. He stood by her and undertook the responsibility of diabetes management along with her. Which …
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Collaboration of Stakeholders for Positive Outcomes – Part 1
For a child who develops Type 1 diabetes at a very young age, the parents, healthcare professionals and the teaching fraternity become the primary stakeholders in ensuring the healthy growth of the child without any life-threatening episodes of hypoglycemia or the adverse impact of hyperglycemia (consistently high sugar blood levels for a long time). Essentially, …
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Embracing Different Shades of Life
Everyone has a different journey in this plane of existence. So does Niky. In my life as a journalist who has had the opportunity to interact with countless persons over the past two decade and a half, Niky is one person I have seen at close quarters, who has undergone the most indescribable sufferings in …
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Working Together is Success
I was overwhelmed to read the story of Mitchell Jacobs who fell in love with Brittany while riding a bike through the neighborhood. Mitchell Jacobs is enlisted in the Navy in the US and is married to Brittany Gilleland, who has been living with type 1 diabetes for over 14 years. Having been informed by …
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The Lost Child | Sugar and Spice Blog series
When the news about their child having developed Type 1 Diabetes is first broken to parents, especially the fact that this condition needs life-long management necessitating multiple daily injections and finger pricks, the initial reaction is one of shock, giving way to distress and anger. Parents feel angry that their child would be subjected to …
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Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centres at Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad was awarded “Service Excellence in Diabetology – South” award by the Times of India Survey 2020-2021 conducted by AVANCE. Chennai Hyderabad Bangalore We are proud to announce that we have been selected as India’s No.1 Diabetes Hospital (in Private sector) by THE WEEK …
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Read MoreNeonatal Diabetes Mellitus We all have heard of diabetes occurring in children. The usual type of diabetes which occurs in children and adolescence is, what is called as ‘Type 1 diabetes’, previously called as ‘Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus’ or ‘IDDM’. Children with type 1 diabetes have an acute onset of the condition and rapidly become …
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