How to prevent and control diabetes

A study has been conducted on the causes and prevention of diabetes among the Indian population for the first time. Until now, such studies were conducted only on Western populations and the......

WHO launches diabetes awareness programme

Almost 3.2 million people die of diabetes across the world every year. Though this is much more than people dying of AIDS, the funds allocated to combat diabetes are abysmally low. It is also......

Former Kerala CM E K Nayanar dead

Former Kerala chief minister E K Nayanar died in New Delhi on Wednesday after protracted illness, Communist Party of India-Marxist sources said.The 87-year-old leader died at around 1700 IST.The......

Diabetes risk highest for Indians

The 4th World Congress on Prevention of Diabetes and its Complications, organised by the World Health Organisation, the Diabetes Research Centre and the M V Hospital for Diabetes in Chennai, the......