A New Phase in Diabetes?
The beta cells present in the pancreatic islets or the islets of Langerhans are responsible for creating insulin in the pancreas. The insulin created by the beta cells helps in...
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Sweet Cravings at Midnight
Well, you aren’t alone. A recent set of data released by Jawbone UP, a fitness tracking device, suggests that human sugar cravings peak around midnight. But why? Well, the well...
A Scientist – Father Seeks a Cure
Finally, his perseverance seems to have paid off- because after decades of work, he and his collaborators at Harvard University, USA, have finally prototyped new technology. This is a method...
Bionic pancreas
A promising future Type 1 Diabetes is an auto immune disorder in which the body’s own systems destroy the insulin-producing beta cells, leading to complete lack of insulin in the...
A PARADIGM in treating failing hearts
Heart failure is a difficult disease to treat- and medications can only preserve a part of the hearts functions. A new study- called the PARADIGM-HF, published in the New England Journal...
A blessing in disguise
Metformin is the most widely preferred choice of drug for the initial treatment of Type 2 Diabetes. Along with benefits of weight loss, no hypoglycemic (low sugar feeling) episodes, a...
Big B denounces these cravings!
What would your reaction be if you found out that that the Don of Bollywood, Mr Amitabh Bachchan does not indulge in sweets or desserts? In a recent Times of...
Diabetes drug’s link to bladder cancer now questioned
Pioglitazone, an oral pill used for treating diabetes, has been linked to bladder cancer. The links have been controversial. Now, a new study sheds further light on this issue. The...
Lodine and the renaissance
Sanjay Kalra, Ambika Gopalakrishnan Unnikrishnan1 , Kaushik Pandit 2 Department of Endocrinology, Bharti Hospital and Bharti Research Institute of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Karnal, Haryana, 1CEO, Chellaram Diabetes Institute, Pune, Maharashtra,...
No more pricking
Finding a non-invasive way to check blood sugar levels may sound like a miracle to people with Diabetes. However, as per a report in a the scientific journal Nanophotonics, scientists as...
