Early menstruation linked to increased menopause symptoms: Study
School of Public Health researchers analysed data from more than 18,000 middle-aged women across the UK, USA, and Australia, as part of the Life-course Approach to reproductive health and Chronic disease Events (InterLACE) international collaboration.
Jul 23, 2020, 17:17 PM IST
People with diabetes at greater risk of bone fractures: Study
Diabetic patients, take a note. Researchers have found that people living with diabetes are at greater risk of bone fractures.The study, published in the journal bone, showed that people with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes have an increased risk of suffering hip and non-vertebral fractures (those not occurring in the spine or skull).
Jun 13, 2020, 06:47 AM IST
Diabetes patients having COVID-19 need to control blood sugar
To find out, researchers conducted a retrospective longitudinal multi-centre study including 7,337 confirmed COVID-19 cases enrolled among 19 hospitals in Hubei Province, China.
May 03, 2020, 15:51 PM IST
Breathing polluted air linked to risk of obesity, diabetes, other chronic illnesses: Study
The study comes at a time when the air quality in many US cities is worsening after decades of improvement.
Mar 15, 2020, 13:54 PM IST
Diet easily affects quality of sperm, find researchers
The study published in 'PLOS Biology' was found by researchers at Linkoping University who fed healthy young men a high sugar diet.
Dec 29, 2019, 13:37 PM IST
Whole body vibration reduces diabetic inflammation: Study
Whole body vibration (WBV) can significantly improve how well our body uses glucose as an energy source and adjust our microbiome and immune cells to reduce diabetic inflammation, says a new study.
Aug 06, 2019, 16:38 PM IST
Early menstruation linked to higher diabetes risk
This new study, analysing more than 15,000 postmenopausal women in China, has found that women who begin menstruating at an earlier age have a higher risk of developing Type-2 diabetes.
Aug 01, 2019, 18:01 PM IST
Diabetic women at greater risk of heart failure than men
Women's limited access to health services and lack of pro-activity when it comes to seeking treatment for health problems can also amplify the impact of diabetes, particularly in developing countries.
Jul 22, 2019, 15:30 PM IST
Breast cancer raises heart disease risk
The goal of the study was to compare and evaluate risk factors for cardiovascular disease in postmenopausal women who are survivors of breast cancer and women without breast cancer. For the findings, more than 90 postmenopausal breast cancer survivors were compared with 192 postmenopausal women.
Jun 20, 2019, 12:23 PM IST
Poor oral health escalates liver cancer risk
According to the researchers, of the 469,628 participants from the UK, 4,069 developed gastrointestinal cancer during the (average) six-year follow up. In 13 per cent of these cases, patients reported poor oral health.
Jun 19, 2019, 12:12 PM IST
High calorie diet causes brain health to decline faster: Study
According to the study, 30 per cent of the global adult population is either overweight or obese, and over 10 per cent of the world's adult population will have type 2 diabetes by 2030, reports Efe news.
Jun 13, 2019, 14:57 PM IST
Drug found to delay Type-1 diabetes by 2 years
Researchers enrolled 76 participants aged 8-49 years who were relatives of people with Type-1 diabetes, had at least two types of diabetes-related autoantibodies (proteins made by the immune system), and abnormal glucose (sugar) tolerance.
Now test stress level at home
The researchers, including one of Indian origin, from the University of Cincinnati, have conducted a new test with a device that uses ultra-violet light to measure common stress hormones using sweat, blood, urine or saliva.
May 28, 2019, 11:10 AM IST
Good quality diet can lower type 2 diabetes risk: Study
The study, recently published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, found that all five high-quality dietary patterns were inversely associated with risk of diabetes.
Feb 06, 2019, 12:18 PM IST
Heart-health behaviour helps reduce diabetes risk
Maintaining blood pressure, glucose levels, eating healthy diet, excercising at least 150 minutes per week, not smoking and by maintaining healthy weight a human can reduce diabetic levels.
Jan 17, 2019, 15:54 PM IST
Eating breakfast can lower risk of type 2 diabetes
The researchers looked at data from more than 96,000 people, spanning 6 separate studies and found that skipping breakfast once a week is associate with a 6 per cent higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Jan 10, 2019, 12:52 PM IST
Diabetes drug could treat heart disease: Study
Metformin is a drug that relaxes a key heart muscle protein titin, allowing heart to work properly.
Dec 24, 2018, 17:41 PM IST
Kitchen is the best hospital, food the best medicine
In low and middle-income countries like India, where malnutrition is still not a completely solved problem, there has been a sharp increase in lifestyle disorders.
Sep 21, 2018, 12:34 PM IST
Sugarcane leads to diabetes, grow other crops: UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh is the leading sugar producing state of the country.
Sep 12, 2018, 13:18 PM IST
Link discovered between inflammation and depression in type 1 diabetes
The researchers suggest that galectin-3 levels may be useful for diagnosis of depression or maybe a new target for treating depression associated with type-1 diabetes.
Aug 20, 2018, 10:55 AM IST
