According to World Diabetes Foundation Organization, “Global prevalence of diabetes is reported to be 6.4% of the world’s adult population from an estimated 285 million people which according to the World Health Organization (WHO) has already reached epidemic proportions. Translating into expenditures, the World Diabetes Organization also reported that “diabetes will continue to impose economic [...]
When we speak of risk factors for diabetes, it is Type 2 Diabetes that we refer to; which is thought of as one of the lifestyle diseases. The risk of this disease is known to increase due to several lifestyle factors as well as certain genetic factors. Let us look at some of the lifestyle [...]
According to recent research any kind of exposure to pesticides & chemicals from plastic, cigarette smoke and arsenic can result in a person becoming obese and diabetic. It has also been observed that the risk of a child becoming obese and developing type 2 diabetes in his future strengthens when a pregnant woman smokes during [...]
According to a new research, it is suggested that aged women suffering from diabetes as well as depression are at greater risk of death from all the causes which includes heart disease. This might happen over a period of six years or so. People with diabetes are affected with depression symptoms twice as more as [...]
Diabetes is not a debilitating disease as many think. I, for one, can say so for sure. Why? Well, because I happen to be a diabetic too. And hence this dedicated endeavor to tell whoever I can, all about diabetes and more. Let me start by letting you know what diabetes is, in ‘layman’s terms’. [...]