Diabetes is a chronic disease in which the body is unable to produce enough insulin or cannot properly use the insulin it does produce. Insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas, is released into the blood stream when the blood glucose level rises (after a meal). Insulin allows glucose to move into cells where it can be used for energy production. Glucose is a carbohydrate and is the body’s main fuel.
A “nesting” hormone might give women’s hearts benefit during brief episodes of warm contact with loved ones, a psychologist reported.
There is more and more evidence building up that our emotional state of mind can affect our chances of developing heart disease down the road. A new research has revealed that post – traumatic stress disorder often increases the risk of heart disease.
Diabetes mellitus is a clinical syndrome known since 1500 B.C. Sushruta had also described this condition in 400-500 B.C. It is characterized by hyperglycemia due to relative or absolute deficiency of insulin Lack of Insulin whether absolute or relative affects the metabolism of carbohydrate protein fat water and electrolytes.
Smokers are up to four times more likely to go blind or suffer visual impairment later in life than non-smokers, researchers say today. They are more likely to develop Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the most common cause of adult blindness. The condition results in severe and permanent loss of central vision.
Eating a meat-free, vegetarian diet may reduce the risk of colorectal cancer, new research suggests. After following more than 10,000 people for 17 years, investigators found that vegetarians were 15 percent less likely to develop colorectal cancer than meat-eaters.
Modern anti-depressant drugs will be banned from use in children in Britain on Wednesday because of evidence, suppressed for years, that they can cause young patients to become suicidal.
Smokers hoping to start a family were warned by doctors that their habit could make them infertile and cause miscarriages and birth defects.
US researchers have identified several factors that predict which patients with early rheumatoid arthritis will experience worsening of their disease.
Homeopathy is based on basic principles that practitioners may refer to as laws: