According to experts, Umbilical cord banking technology has the potential for developing the correct stem cells which can be used for the treatment of diabetic ulcers, thereby preventing amputation.
 
"Umbilical cord banking technology has been found to produce proper stem cells to ...

A new study has proved that intake of vegetables during pregnancy can lower the risk associated with the development of Type 1 Diabetes in children.
 
"This is the first study to show a link between vegetable intake during pregnancy and the risk of the child subsequently developing ...

According to a new study, aerobic exercise, done for a period of three months, can help in improving the elasticity in the arteries of older adults who are suffering from Type 2 diabetes. This in turn reduces the risk associated with development of cardiovascular diseases.
 
Kenneth Madden, ...

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan will be launching a mobile diabetes testing unit in Goa on Sunday.
 
The bus, known as a Mobile Diabetes Assessment Unit, can test for diabetes within minutes and has been donated by the British-based Silver Star charity, with whom Bachchan works as its ...

Chief Minister of Delhi, Shiela Dikshit, has launched a website which gives “complete information" on causes and treatment of diabetes. The web portal, www.ddrc.in, has been developed by the Delhi Diabetic Research Centre, after they conducted a study on diabetes and its link to ...

An analysis which was conducted on four studies says that maintaining a good control over the level of sugar in blood can reduce the risk of developing cardiac diseases and stroke in diabetics by 15%.
 
This is more visible in case of diabetics who do not possess any history of cardiac ...

Biocon has entered into a strategic alliance with Amylin Pharmaceuticals of US for manufacturing peptide hybrid molecule which is used for the treatment of diabetes. Biocon has disclosed that the drug will be manufactured as collaboration between the two. The statement also reports that the costs ...

According to a new study, diets which are rich in coconut can help to keep fat away. This study has also revealed the way people who use coconut oil, which contains medium chain fatty acids, lose their excess fat. It is a known fact that Type 2 Diabetes is triggered by obesity as well as insulin ...

According to a new study conducted by an Indian researcher, flavour-potent chilli can help in easing walloping cardiovascular disease as well as diabetes. 
According to Kiran Ahuja, who is a research fellow at the University Of Tasmania School Of Life Science, chillies have the potential to ...

According to a new study, decreased levels of Vitamin D can double the risk of developing heart disease in people who are suffering from diabetes.
 
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered that diabetes patients having lower levels of vitamin D ...

According to a new study, black tea can help in controlling diabetes. The research has been published in the Journal of Food Science.
 
For arriving at the conclusion, researchers from the Tianjin Key Laboratory in China studied the polysaccharide levels of green, oolong and black teas and ...

A substance in the liver has been found out that helps in the processing of fat and glucose and this can help cut down risk for diabetes, hypertension or cardiac disease. It is a component of common food additive, lecithin.
 
"Currently, doctors use drugs called fibrates to treat ...

Diabetes UK, a charity in Britain, has warned that the poorest of the people are more than likely to develop diabetes at any age, compared to the average person.
 
It added that people with diabetes, who live in the most deprived homes, are also twice as likely to develop complications. ...

All the people would have definitely experienced feeling sick following a particularly stressful time at work or school. Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser, psychologist from the Ohio State University College of Medicine (OSUCM), reviews research into how stress can wreak havoc on our bodies and offers ...

An Indian-origin expert based in Canada has warned that number of people who suffer from diabetes in India is increasing at an alarming rate.
 
Sonia Anand, who is leading an international study on diabetes and is associate professor in medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton near here, ...

A new study related to diabetes has led to a new discovery which claims that oxygen treatment can help diabetics heal foot wounds and avoid lower limb amputation. 
 
 Every 30 seconds a person somewhere in the world has to undergo lower limb amputation due to diabetes. Now, an ...

A new study related to obesity and Type 2 Diabetes has proved that intake of citrus fruits can put a check on weight gain, thereby preventing the risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes and heart diseases.
 
A flavonoid called naringenin found in citrus fruits helps the body burn extra fat to ...

A new study on diabetes has led to the finding that men in their mid ages are susceptible to diabetes at a rate which is almost twice than the middle-aged females.
 
A report of the health charity Diabetes UK has identified that cases of diabetes have raised four times faster in men aged 35 ...

Any person who is suffering from Diabetes need not have to fret now. A new study conducted on those who suffer from diabetes has proved that adopting a healthy lifestyle with a proper, health diet can help in controlling the levels of sugar in blood. 


A team from the University of Otago ...

Increased physical activity helps the patients having non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) which is independent of weight change.


NAFLD is the most common chronic liver disease in developed countries. It is associated with metabolic syndrome, obesity, insulin resistance and type 2 ...

A new study helps in explaining how a class of diabetes drugs raises the risk of heart failure. Thiazolidinediones (TZDs) are a group of drugs used for diabetes and have been linked with heart failure, a condition in which the heart cannot pump enough blood through the body. 
In the study, ...

A new study done on the episodes of obstructive sleep apnoea which happen during the Rapid Eye Movement (REM) proved that they share a relation with type 2 Diabetes.
 
According to Kamran Mahmood, MD, MPH of Illinois University at Chicago and who was the key investigator in this study, Type ...

Leading biotechnology firm Biocon Ltd launched a new kind of diabetic drug that will help the patients to control their blood sugar levels all day long. While speaking about the new drug called Basalog, Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw said that it is the first diabetic drug that works for 24 ...

Diabetes patients would soon be able to take a nano-pill filled with insulin, an Indian researcher has claimed. This will relieve them of taking painful injections for controlling blood sugar.
 
Researcher Chandra Sharma of Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Science and Technology has ...

Shreya Life Sciences Pvt Ltd of Mumbai has introduced world's first buccal insulin spray under the brand name Oral-Recosulin. Shreya Life Sciences has achieved this major success with the help of US-based Generex Biotechnology Corporation. The insulin spray will be helpful in treating type-1 and ...

Recent research conducted in UK shows that use of beta blockers like atenolol, inderal and metaprolol for cure of blood pressure may cause diabetes. Doctors in UK reached onto conclusion that these drugs could increase blood sugar in patients suffering from diabetes. Also, they found that in some ...

There is a hope for ever-spreading diabetes patients. Researchers from University of Melbourne and St Vincent Hospital have reached into a conclusion that the new drug could end life-threatening condition caused by diabetes, heart disease and other illnesses. There is a huge market of around 2 ...

The new study conducted in USA shows that people with diabetes are at increased risk of developing tuberculosis. Writing on the issue Drs. Christie Y. Jeon and Megan B. Murray, says that merging epidemics of diabetes and TB, such as India and China, are experiencing the fastest increase in diabetes ...

A study conducted in Canada shows that women who develop gestational diabetes during pregnancy are likely to develop type II diabetes post-pregnancy. With the help of the study researchers are going to make a more robust estimate of the risk of developing type II diabetes after gestational diabetes ...

A research team in UK has given hopes to diabetics around the world that they would be able to make artificial pancreas in some years from now. Currently, they are trying to link two current technologies available, first, continuous glucose monitoring, and, second insulin pumps to make something ...