US regulator says devices that claim to monitor blood glucose levels in real time without piercing skin may show inaccurate & misleading results and pose risks for people with diabetes.
Research suggests Type 2 diabetes can be 'reversed' early on, but doctors stress importance of healthy habits & say health-tech startups' programmes should be approached cautiously.
Icodec has been touted as a therapy that could eliminate the need for daily or mealtime insulin injections for people with severe diabetes. It has not been approved by any country so far.
Study by Australian & Canadian scientists, published in Kidney International, finds that drug may be effective at reducing inflammation — lowering risk of heart & kidney disease.
Findings are 1st evidence from India linking high PM2.5 levels in ambient air with rising blood sugar levels. Study by Indian & US researchers published in British Medical Journal.
Novo Nordisk says results of its trials show a 2.4 mg dose can cut down major heart-related ailments by 20%, and the study will be published in a peer-reviewed journal by end of year.
The first-of-its-kind study published last week in the the 'American Journal of Clinical Nutrition' was conducted by Italian researchers among over 1,000 participants.
Semaglutide, which is available in India as a pill and in other countries as an injection, has some known side effects but they are usually mild and short-lived, say doctors.
India cannot be blasé about change in any important capital in the world. Let's look at five key areas where US policy matters for India and how it may vary between Harris and Trump.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Troops patrolled up to Patrolling Point (PP) 10 on Monday. Though there are PP 10, 11, 12, 12A & 13 in Depsang Plains, it was decided that only one or two PPs would be patrolled.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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