Ophthalmologists, researchers and health activists on Sunday said that diabetes was responsible for a sharp increase in preventable blindness in Bangladesh, as cases of diabetic retinopathy surged due to poor screening, lack of awareness and limited treatment facilities...
Malnutrition can cause its own form of diabetes, health experts said Thursday, calling for 鈥榯ype 5 diabetes鈥� to be recognised globally to help fight the disease in countries already struggling with poverty and starvation.
The recommendations hoped to move past the blame and discrimination that often revolve around obesity, which is estimated to affect more than a billion people worldwide...
AN ALARMING increase in the number of people with diabetes, especially young people, warrants a comprehensive government approach to head off any likely burden on public health. Research show that, especially, Type 2 diabetes, which is usually evident in people aged more than 40 years, is increasing in children and young people, pushing up the...
The percentage of adults suffering from diabetes across the world has doubled over the past three decades, the biggest rises coming in developing countries, a study said Wednesday...
More youngsters are getting diabetes amid an alarming rise in the patients with the chronic and non-communicable disease in the country over the years due to a lack of awareness, unhealthy lifestyle and widespread pollution...
Specialist doctors at a scientific meeting in Dhaka on Friday said that new treatments were introduced to control, manage and reduce the threats of diabetes.
