Reducing air pollution levels in India can be the key to curb the rising burden of diabetes in the country, health experts said on Thursday.With a tenth of all Indians having diabetes, the country is already known as the diabetes capital of the .
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) Reducing air pollution levels in India can be the key to curb the rising burden of diabetes in the country, health experts said on Thursday.
Doctors say patients come with specific queries regarding weight-loss drugs, which have become both the first preference and the last resort for some. “I would rather go for these short cuts that the pharma industry offers than go under the knife for my appearance,” says Rajput. The drugs — Wegovy and Ozempic — which have the same ingredient, semaglutide, are all the rage ever since entrepreneur Elon Musk tweeted about it.
"Nothing comes without a downside. These molecules do produce significant nausea and vomiting in some people — to the extent that they have to discontinue the medication. Some may develop diarrhoea, some may have severe constipation. Others may not like the way they lose weight—they may feel very shrunken or their face may seem very thinned out. Thats another sort of downside," says Dr Ambrish Mithal, chairman, endocrinology & diabetes, Max Healthcare, Delhi.