Keeping An Eye
Keeping an eye-medicine for diabetes? Glaucoma is a common eye disease, leading to increase in eye pressures and blindness. Methazolamide is an oral drug used for treating glaucoma. An Australian...
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Study shows weight training reduces tummy fat
A new study by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers has shown that 20 minutes of weight training done every day by healthy men helped lessen the age-related...
Optically Controlled Insulin
Sulfonylureas are among the commonly used anti-diabetic drugs worldwide, and especially in India- where they are considered economical. However, as these drugs intermittently stimulate insulin production from the patient’s pancreas,...
Inhaling insulin
A new inhaled form of insulin called Afrezza, developed by Mannkind Corporation has received an approval from the US Food and Drug Administration as mentioned in a leading article. The...
Nuts Help Protect Your Blood Vessels
It is well known that nuts are a great source of good cholesterol. Including nuts in your everyday diet can help manage your cholesterol levels and also they help protect...
Stubborn Belly
If you have central obesity (apple shaped body) and your body mass index (BMI) says that you are barely overweight, then having a lax attitude won’t help. A recent study...
Stress and Diabetes
Stress is the key cause of most of our disease and one of the risk factors for Diabetes Mellitus. Previous research has found that stress in adulthood is linked to...
Statins Therapy
Statins are a class of drugs known to reduce cholesterol levels in the body. Previous studies have shown that statins do lower cholesterols; and thus, reduce the risk of heart...
Shots to Protect
Vaccination is administered in infancy to safeguard children from influenza and various other dreadful diseases. But it is equally important for adults who have Diabetes to be vaccinated as well....
Injection Port in Diabetes Management
The most common apprehension that people with Diabetes share is the fear of needles. The regular jabbing and insertion makes it painful and stressful. With i-Port, managing blood sugar levels...
