Insulin

Innovative therapy for Type 2 diabetes management

T2DM therapy is primarily aimed towards controlling blood glucose levels, holistic management of the condition is the need of the hour

Your Crocin, condoms and other drugs will get costlier from 1 April: Here's why

The national drug pricing body recently announced an annual change of 10.76 per cent in the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) for over 800 scheduled drugs and medical devices. These include some of the most common drugs such as paracetamol, azithromycin and contraceptives

The discovery of Insulin: A story of feuding scientists who all lay a claim

According to a recent World Health Organization report, about 9 million people with type 1 diabetes are alive today thanks to insulin

Opened vial of insulin can be stored for four weeks in warm temperatures, without loosing efficacy

Research found that the insulin preparations recorded a potency loss of no more than one percent — the same as in a control batch kept in cold storage.

Mutations in insulin gene have made most people susceptible to type 2 diabetes, claims study

Type 2 diabetes is a chronic health condition that occurs when your body either does not produce enough insulin or is not able to use insulin well

Regular heat exposure through hot baths may reduce risk factors for type 2 diabetes, new research says

Many studies have suggested that various forms of heat therapy, like hot baths and saunas, can help reduce body fat levels and improve glycated hemoglobin levels

Using artificial pancreas or blocking nerve signals to the gland can help manage type 1 diabetes, find scientists

Scientists believe that a diabetic person using an artificial pancreas system would no longer require the fingerstick system for testing the blood glucose or multiple daily injections for insulin delivery

How the HbA1c test can be used to determine risk of diabetes much earlier and new ways of managing the disease

Diabetes continues to be a burden for Indian populations; there are approximately 73 million cases of diabetes in India

Human body can cope with occasional over eating but continuous binging will have serious health effects

As little as 24 hours of overeating can have some negative consequences for our health, including elevated blood sugar concentrations.

Evidence suggests coronavirus may trigger diabetes in non-diabetic patients; healthy diet, exercise advised to thwart threat to life

There is increasing evidence that otherwise healthy people are at risk of developing diabetes after they contract the novel coronavirus