Indias distinguished diabetologists share essential insights into preventing and course-correcting prediabetes in the first episode of the USV informative multimedia series titled ‘Beat Diabetes Win Life series, aiming to spread awareness about lesser-talked-about aspects of diabetes care and management. Catch exclusive snippets of the panel discussion as the experts dive into the potential risks of this often-overlooked metabolic disorder and suggest straightforward practices to prevent or even reverse it.
USV in collaboration with the Economic Times brings an informative webinar series aimed at decoding everything you need to know about prediabetes, in the Indian context.
This series is designed to help people gain a comprehensive understanding of prediabetes, a condition that is often overshadowed by its more notorious counterpart, diabetes.
Between 2019 and 2021 31 million Indians were diagnosed with diabetes and prediabetes poses a significant threat, which is overlooked. Prediabetes is also a crucial time where if known and acted on, people can take action and ensure that it does not progress to diabetes.
Prediabetes is a critical health condition as it significantly increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Addressing prediabetes is crucial for preventing the diabetes epidemic in India
Of the 113 in the study, 107 had received the second dose of the vaccine. (AFP PHOTO)
NEW DELHI: A small-scale study on 113 healthcare workers who had received at least one vaccine dose at a private hospital in Delhi found that 18 tested positive for Covid but all except one had mild symptoms
The study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews on May 3, was conducted on employees of the Fortis Centre of Excellence for Diabetes, Metabolic Diseases and Endocrinology in Delhi.
The participants in the study by researchers at Fortis, National Diabetes, Obesity and Cholesterol Foundation, and Diabetes Foundation (India), New Delhi, included doctors, nutritionists, nurses, paramedical workers, and maintenance staff.