Stem-cell
therapy helps diabetics heal
For 14 years, Shraddha Churi
suffered from fluctuating blood sugar levels. Before she knew it, she developed
type 1 diabetes and has had to take regular doses of insulin since then. A year
ago, hope came in the form of stem cell therapy. She underwent a treatment last
year at Ree Labs and has been able to keep her blood sugar levels in control to
date.
Churi is one of the 40 diabetics
who have been treated with stem cell therapy at Ree Labs.
Dr Abhijit Bopardikar, director
of Reel labs, said, “Stem cell therapy has been quite successful in treating
diabetes. We have treated 40 patients and most of those who were taking insulin
are off it. This is an achievement.”
Elaborating on how the treatment
had changed her life, 28-year-old Churi said, “My HbA1C level (a measure of a
person’s three-month average blood sugar,) was 9.8 before the therapy. For a
non-diabetic person, the HbA1C level is between 4 and 6. After the therapy, it
dropped to 5.9. I have had five sessions of stem cell therapy and will undergo
another to ensure that I am off insulin.”
Dr Hasnain Patel, a type 2
diabetes patient since 2000 who has been taking insulin for over four years
now, was sceptical of the treatment when he was advised to try it. But, the
therapy won him over after his HbA1C levels also dropped. “I didn’t believe in
such a treatment before, but now, after seeing the results, I have been
spreading the word that stems cell therapy can cure diabetes.”
Source: www.dnaindia.com
26.03.2012
Food poisoning could
have lifelong consequences: Experts
Victims
of food poisoning may develop a host of lengthy illnesses, including diabetes,
arthritis, kidney failure and high blood pressure, experts say.
Salmonella,
E coli and other types of food
poisoning may have lifelong consequences, the Daily Mail reported.
Some,
such as kidney damage thought to be caused by powerful poisons released by the
bugs and arthritis triggered by a faulty immune response, occur within weeks.
Others, such as high blood pressure, take years to appear.
Experts
say the chance that the link is coincidental is remote - and are calling for
more to be done to identify victims of food poisoning and monitor their
long-term health.
Common
bugs are E coli, usually
caught from eating undercooked beef, campylobacter,
found in undercooked chicken and salmonella, found in eggs, meat and milk.
While they can be fatal, most people recover after a few days, the Mail added.
Source: www.dnaindia.com
26.03.2012
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