Lack of specialist doctors – oncologists and oncopathologists – with the State Health and Family Welfare Department seems to be ailing the centrally funded cancer detection programme in the state. The

Vascular complications in Type 2 diabetes patients can be predicted by taking the count of mean platelet volume. Diabetics develop a number of severe health complications, including those related to b

In a major breakthrough that could help in fighting diabetes, a team of researchers from the city-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology has successfully deactivated a gene to regulate the fu

Diabetes may be a scary condition, fraught with innumerable complications — but it is not a death knell. With proper care and a disciplined lifestyle, a diabetic person can live a long and healthy lif

Those with a family history of Type-2 diabetes are more prone to metabolic syndrome, now increasingly recognised as a silent killer. Metabolic syndrome is a combination of health factors, including ob