Artificial pancreas likely to be available by 2018 supriya kashyap kashyap1 July 2016 2:07 PM ISTThe artificial pancreas a device which monitors blood glucose in patients with type 1 diabetes and then automatically adjusts levels of insulin...
New insulin producing beta-cell may improve diabetes treatment supriya kashyap kashyap13 July 2016 2:18 PM ISTNew York : Researchers have identified four separate sub types of human insulin producing beta cells that may be important in the understanding and...
Hypoglycaemia cases increased by 39 per cent: Study supriya kashyap kashyap20 July 2016 6:05 PM ISTLondon : Hospital admissions with patients diagnosed by hypoglycaemia have seen a 39 per cent rise in last ten years, a study by an Indian-origin...
Diabetes drug ineffective in advanced heart failure patients supriya kashyap kashyap5 Aug 2016 1:58 PM ISTNew York : An injectable drug commonly used to treat Type 2 diabetes cannot improve the condition of patients with a high-risk of heart failure, a...
Many children's heart health not up to standards: AHA supriya kashyap kashyap14 Aug 2016 9:30 AM ISTBabies are generally born with healthy hearts that should be cared for during childhood to ensure good health later in life, according to the American...
Mothers gestational diabetes may cause obesity in pre-teens supriya kashyap kashyap14 Aug 2016 12:30 PM ISTNew York : Mothers who suffer from gestational diabetes during pregnancy may lead to an increased risk of obesity in pre-teens, according to a...
Severe obesity alone can increase heart failure risk supriya kashyap kashyap23 Aug 2016 3:39 PM ISTNew York : Morbid obesity appears to stand alone as a risk for heart failure, but not for other major types of heart disease, new research has...
Antibiotics may up Type 1 diabetes risk in children supriya kashyap kashyap24 Aug 2016 4:56 PM ISTNew York : Parents need to be extra careful while giving antibiotics to children as new research has found that the commonly-prescribed drug can...
No clear threshold to diagnose and treat diabetes during pregnancy : BMJ supriya kashyap kashyap19 Sept 2016 9:44 AM ISTA new study finds a consistent association between higher blood glucose (sugar) levels during pregnancy and increased risk of complications around the...
Scientists create better blood sugar test for diabetes supriya kashyap kashyap7 Oct 2016 1:25 PM ISTWashington : US researchers have developed a more precise method for estimating average blood sugar levels that can cut diagnostic errors by more than...
Dose of dextrose gel lowers risk of low blood sugar in newborns supriya kashyap kashyap26 Oct 2016 9:43 PM ISTA single dose of dextrose gel, rubbed inside a newborn's mouth an hour after birth, can lower their risk of developing neonatal hypoglycaemia,...
Scientists develop new type of HIV test on a USB stick supriya kashyap kashyap12 Nov 2016 10:09 AM ISTLondon : Scientists in Britain have developed a type of HIV test using a USB stick that can give a fast and highly accurate reading of how much virus...
