Type 2 diabetes occurs as a result of combination of environmental and behavioral factors such as sedentary lifestyle, junk food, and obesity in a genetically predisposed individual.

Ever thought the rice you eat might be made of plastic?

A diet that boosts good bacteria in the stomach could be key to reducing the risk of diabetes, an Australian study has found.

Following a recent finding by researchers in Madurai Kamaraj University, linking organophosphate insecticides to diabetes, a demand has been raised to ban using these pesticides.

Aurangabad: The number of tuberculosis patients in the district has been increasing steadily, though marginally, every year, raising a question mark over the administration's approach towards deali

Diabetes is now considered an emerging global epidemic with the disease making a steep rise in the number of cases worldwide.

Ahmedabad: This year's theme for World Kidney Day, which is celebrated on March 9 every year since 2006, is about linking obesity with kidney disorders, with the theme, Obesity and Kidney disease:

PUNE: Swine flu claimed 10 lives while infected 44 people in the state this year so far.