Experts warn that vocal cord paralysis (VCP) may occur if there is improper management of diabetes. VCP occurs when the vocal cords do not open or close properly. This would lead to a breathy voice or even a weak cough. However, VCP is known to be life threatening with cases of choking also being identified. [...]
According to a survey conducted by the Diabetes Foundation of India and the National Diabetes, Obesity and Cholesterol Foundation (N-DOC) of New Delhi, the majority of kids in the country’s capital are obese. The survey indicated that 13% of these students were overweight or obese due to the consumption of unhealthy food. The survey focused [...]
Scientists from the Center for Nutritional Genomics at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have found out how insulin increases fat storage during feeding while another study led to the breakthrough of a new “fasting pathway”, which points the route to a set of diabetes drugs that can bring back unusually high glucose levels in [...]
British researchers have found that diabetes and cholesterol have a gene that controls genes that are found in fat within the human body. The researchers believe that fat plays a vital role in the susceptibility to obesity, diabetes and heart disease, which are collectively known as metabolic disorders. The identification of this regulating gene could [...]
According to research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, even a minute difference in diet could affect diabetes risk. In this particular study, which was funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease, there were 69 healthy but overweight candidates who were not afflicted by diabetes but were at risk [...]
According to researchers, a certain cholesterol lowering drug that is taken in combination with an anti-depressant, taken by over one million people in America, could lead to a spike in blood sugar levels. Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Vanderbilt University believe that the anti-cholesterol drug Pravachol and the [...]
Researchers have reported in two different studies that the genes, which control lipid levels, could lead to an early prediction of diabetes as well as heart disease and atherosclerosis. Joanne E. Curran, PhD, of the Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio, and colleagues found that in one study, the lipid genes, known as dihydroceramide [...]
Currently the number of children in Australia who suffer from Type 1 diabetes is high when compared to global levels. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare believes that there will be a 10 percent increase by 2013. This revelation comes amid calls for a kidney screening program to identify early signs of kidney disease [...]
According to the Canadian Agency for Drugs in Technology and Health, diabetic people can get anxiety and depression if they used to checking their blood sugar level up to 10 times a day.
‘Nick Jones Diabetes’ has almost become a brand. Sure enough Nick Jones is cute and more popular these days. This young singer was diagnosed as having type one diabetes in year 2005. There are thousands of articles written and published on Internet and other media about him and his diabetes. What is so different about [...]
Nanotechnology is one of the fastest growing technologies which have number of applications in almost all the fields of sciences. From medicine to rocket science, it finds more and more applications day-by-day. In this short article, we discuss the application of nanotechnology in curing diabetes. What is nanotechnology? It is a chemical and mechanical technology [...]
