MUMBAI/AHMEDABAD: It's a well-known fact that India is the world's diabetes capital.

Kolkata, 14 Nov: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the number of diabetics in India might leap to 80 million from the present 32 million by the year 2030.

The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) has, however, reported that the number of 50.8 million diabetics in the country now would rise to 87 million in the next 20 years, Mr Tirthankar Chaudhury, a leading consultant in

Among the top 10 countries in the world with people suffering from diabetes, Pakistan ranks seventh, and by year 2030, it will rank fourth unless action is taken to implement effective public health programmes, said experts on the occasion of World Diabetes Day at Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH).

Around 60 per cent of type 2 diabetes cases - which appear mostly in people over the age of 40

NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Sunday said her government was committed to making Delhi a diabetes-free Capital.

Speaking at the launch of an urban slum health check-up scheme for diabetes and blood pressure at Baba Ramdev Park on Mehrauli-Badarpur Road, Ms.

Ninety per cent of women and their newborns were found to be suffering from vitamin D deficiency in a recent research conducted at the Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS).

It is important to mention here that international studies have linked vitamin D deficiency to a number of diseases that include diabetes, high blood pressure, cardiac problems, depression, multiple sclerosis and.

A diabetes awareness walk organised to mark World Diabetes Day by Baqai Institute of Diabetology and Endocrinology on Sunday at Boat Basin, Clifton here. The purpose of the walk was to create awareness in the people at large, regarding diabetes, its prevention and management and to stress the importance and need of regular physical activity and exercise, said a press release.

The cause of poor health of school going children could be tiffin packed by their mothers and not the canteen food alone.

Diabetes is rapidly increasing around the world, particularly in Pakistan, where approximately 7.1 million people over 20 years old are affected by the disease, health experts said on Sunday.

They were talking at a programme organised by the Diabetic Association of Pakistan (DAP) and the World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre (WHOCC) to mark the World Diabetes Day that is celebrated on

KARACHI: Diabetes is rapidly increasing around the world, particularly in Pakistan, where approximately 7.1 million people over 20 years old are affected by the disease, health experts said on Sund

The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has proposed to the Health Ministry to ban Rosiglitazone, an anti-diabetes drug widely used in India for correcting blood sugar levels.

Earlier this month, DCGI Surinder Singh had directed state drug controllers to suspend all licenses for sale and distribution of Rosiglitazone.