Afrezza, world’s only rapid-acting, inhaled insulin for type 1 & type 2 diabetes patients & manufactured by MannKind, received CDSCO approval this week.
Study conducted by NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC) and WHO. Findings part of first global analysis of trends in both diabetes rates and treatment across countries.
Novo Nordisk scientists have synthesised an insulin molecule that specifically targets glucose in blood, instead of other sugars like fructose, to aid treatment of all types of diabetes.
Study published in International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition says having foods low in advanced glycation end products can mitigate burden of obesity-linked type 2 diabetes.
Health experts are now looking at whether semaglutide can also curb alcohol cravings among addicts. A look at how this GLP-1 category drug functions in humans.
Study in journal Cell says fat cells were extracted from the patient & altered to develop into any type of cell in the body. She has been insulin-independent for a yr, the 1st such case.
Key feature of guidelines is emphasis on using multiple methods to measure hypertension, including home BP monitoring. For the first time, yoga is recommended as an adjunct therapy
Tirzepatide is a type 2 diabetes and obesity drug sold by US firm Eli Lilly under the brand names Mounjaro and Zepbound. It may take around 6 months for it to be launched in India.
Semaglutide once a week reduced risk of adverse outcomes in kidney patients by 24 percent, finds study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
International Diabetes Federation recommends 1-hr plasma glucose test, a more sensitive & practical method. A 1-hPG value of 209 mg/dL or more indicates Type 2 diabetes.
The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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