Diabetes Cases to Double and Costs to Triple by 2034 in US: Study

Within next 25 years, the number of American people living with diabetes will nearly double, increasing from 23.7 million in 2009 to 44.1 million in 2034. Over the same period, spending on diabetes will almost triple, rising from $113 billion to $336 billion, even with no increase in the prevalence of obesity, researchers from the [...]

Dentists can identify Cardiovascular Disease risk in patients

Now your dentist can save your life! A new study indicates dentists can play a potentially life-saving role in health care by identifying patients at risk of fatal heart attacks and referring them to physicians for further evaluation. Published in the November issue of the Journal of the American Dental Association, the study followed 200 [...]

Diabetes Test for Rural India

Indian villagers over the age of 40 will be tested for diabetes through easy and affordable test kits, the Union Minister of Health & Family welfare, Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Saturday. The minister said that health infrastructure developed through National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) can be leveraged for combating diabetes in India which [...]

Self Monitoring of Blood Glucose helps Diabetics

(Assams.Info) – Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) enables those with diabetes to modify their behavior, adjust their medicine and understand their disease to better manage it, according to a recent study, published by SAGE in The Diabetes Educator. The research looked at “paired testing,” a self-monitored testing both before and after specific events, to evaluate [...]

Obesity threshold lowered for Indians

London – Believe it or not, India’s overweight population rises by 70 million, after a lowering of obesity thresholds by a research organization. The threshold for obesity has been lowered for India by a London-based diabetes research organization, because South Asian people are more liable than their white counterparts to develop obesity-linked conditions like Type [...]

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