85% people
never get their blood sugar levels checked: Survey
Some
commentators believe that India has more diabetics than China and a recent
survey backs up that fact. Conducted by the HEAL foundation across 900 households
(Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore), the survey found some starkling facts.
- Nearly
85% people never got their blood sugar
levels checked.
- 48%
people didn’t know what diabetes was or how it was caused.
- Only
28% knew that diabetes can be controlled with medication
According
to Dr Manoj Chadha, an endocrinologist at PD Hinduja, most Indians have a
notion that they’re experts in nutrition and medication. ‘The survey found 90%
do not consult a dietician despite having a diabetic family history. A person
whose one parent is diabetic has 60% chances of getting the disease; if one
parent suffers from diabetes along with the other parent coming from a diabetic
family, the chances are 60% and if both parents suffer from diabetes, the
chances are as high as 90%.’ he said.
The
survey also found that 55% people didn’t take part in any physical activity
whatsoever. ‘When one has a history of diabetes in the family, it becomes
doubly important to take care of one’s health. Diabetes cannot be cured, but it
can always be prevented by keeping cholesterol at bay,’ said Dr Preetaish Kaul,
principal consultant, HEAL Foundation.
Source:
http://health.india.com
02.11.2012
Alzheimer's wonder pill to be
available soon
.
Believed
to be more than twice as good as anything already available, it could greatly
slow or even halt the progression of the illness.
Given
early enough, it could stop Alzheimer's from ever developing, an international
dementia conference was told Tuesday.
A
version of the twice-a-day pill - developed by British scientists - has
already been tested on patients, with "unprecedented" results, the Mail
said.
Its
inventor, professor Claude Wischik, of Aberdeen University, said: "It
flatlines the disease. If you get in early, you can pull people back from the
brink."
Existing
drugs delay the progress of Alzheimer's, but their failure to tackle the
underlying cause in the brain means that the effect quickly wears off and the
disease soon takes its devastating course.
The new drug, known only as LMTX, works in a different way to current treatments.
The new drug, known only as LMTX, works in a different way to current treatments.
LMTX
dissolves the "tangles" of protein that are a hallmark of the disease
and spread through the brain like an
infection, stopping them working from within, the Mail added.
Source:
www.timesofindia.com
02.11.2012
You
may be disappointed if you fail, but you will be doomed if you don’t try
Beverley
sills
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