Date 14 10 2011 12:00 AM On 14th October,2011, Team FENFURO organized Diabetes Awareness Camp and Free Blood Sugar check-up for the awareness about diabetes in association with Raffels Hospital, Panchkula. A presentation on Diabetes was made, question answers session organized and pamphlets on diabetes awareness were distributed. .
Last Date 29 10 2011 12:00 AM Event 29 10 2011 12:00 AM – 30 10 2011 12:00 AM TEAM FENFURO participated at Xth Annual Conference of Uttar Pradesh Diabetes Association (UPDACON -2011) on 29th & 30th October, 2011 held in Gorakhpur. 320 leading Diabetologists from Uttar Pradesh and from other parts of India attended…
Medication used to treat patients with type II diabetes activates sensors on brain cells that increase hunger, causing people taking this drug to gain more body fat, according to researchers at Georgia State University, Oregon Health and Science University, Georgia Regents University and Charlie Norwood Veterans Administration Medical Center. The study, published on March 18,…
News from the American Diabetes Association’s 71st Scientific Sessions An A1C goal of less than 7 % may be unhealthy for some high-risk people with diabetes. A study confirmed that older people may benefit from a higher A1C target. (The A1C test measures blood glucose over two to three months.) In assessing the consequences of…
Data on 84,622 type 2 diabetes patients showed those on exogenous insulin treatment had a higher risk of complications — including major cardiovascular events, renal conditions, cancer and all-cause mortality — than those who were on other glucose-lowering therapies. “There is a clear need to review the way in which exogenous insulin is used in…
Each year, an average of 200,000 Americans are hospitalized because of flu complications, but people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes are three times more likely to face complications that may be fatal, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The best step is prevention, and anyone with diabetes should seriously consider…
Diabetes can destroy small blood vessels, which in turn can damage the nervous system, and these damaged nerves can cause pain. The most common forms of diabetes, juvenile and adult onset, can damage many organs and systems. Diabetes can make it hard to digest food, cause heart disease, and destroy small blood vessels, while the…
Diabetes is a progressive disease; therefore, a single treatment regimen cannot be followed for long. Also it is a complex disease with genetic predisposition; hence, a single therapeutic regimen is not applicable in all cases. The prevalence of diabetes has reached epidemic proportions, resulting in an enormous increase in the need for dialysis and coronary…
Source: American Diabetes Association’s 69th Annual Scientific Sessions. A study presented in June 2009 at the American Diabetes Association’s 69th Annual Scientific Sessions, looked at the prevalence of vitamin B12 deficiency in 76 people with type 2 diabetes who had been taking Metformin for at least one year. The results showed that more than 75%…