Intermittent fasting can reverse diabetes

Intermittent fasting can reverse diabetes: Therapeutic intermittent fasting may help eliminate the need for insulin and other glucose-lowering medications in patients with type 2 diabetes. Findings from three cases were published online October 9 in BMJ Case Reports by Suleiman Furmli, MD, of the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and colleagues. The three patients had all been referred to an intensive dietary management clinic and were taking at least 70 units/day of insulin. After several months of intermittent fasting — either on alternate days or three times weekly — all three were able to discontinue insulin while improving their glycemic control. They also lost substantial amounts of body weight and had reduced waist circumferences. Patients ate only dinner and consumed unlimited very low-calorie fluids on fasting days, and ate both lunch and dinner on nonfasting days. Low-carbohydrate meals were recommended when eating meals.

Family system is the best medicine to protect youngsters from slipping into depression, says the Vice President. He was addressing the Platinum Jubilee Celebrations of Ethiraj College for Women, in Chennai on Thursday (11.10.18).

In the backdrop of some oral polio vaccine vials being found contaminated with the type-2 polio virus, the UNICEF and the WHO Thursday reiterated India’s status as a polio-free country. In a joint statement issued Thursday, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) said the risk of children getting vaccine derived poliovirus was “minimal” in India because of a high routine immunisation coverage in the country. The two global agencies also asserted that all vaccines provided under the Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) are safe and urged people to get their children vaccinated not only for their protection but also to keep Indian polio free.  (TOI)

First confirmed cases of dengue fever contracted in Spain. Two people from the same family have contracted dengue in Spain, according to sources from the Ministry of Health. Until now, all cases of dengue discovered in Spain were in patients who had travelled to countries where the disease is endemic. But Spain’s National Microbiology Centre has confirmed that both people infected with the dengue virus had recently travelled to Cadiz and Murcia in the south of Spain during the period in which they could have contracted the infection. And now the Ministry of Health is investigating the areas where the infection may have been picked up… (euroweeklynews.com, Oct. 10, 2018).

An initiative to end opioid epidemic: RIZE Massachusetts (RIZE), a nonprofit created to end the opioid overdose epidemic in Massachusetts, has announced that it is awarding nearly $1 million in grants that will fund pilot programs or existing collaborations among local community organizations to enhance harm reduction services.

Taking more than the recommended dose of loperamide can cause dangerous heart problems or even death, cautions the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

The Delhi High Court quashed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government’s circular on giving preferential treatment to Delhi residents over non-residents at the GTB Hospital on Friday (12.10.18). A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K Rao had earlier reserved its verdict on an NGO’s PIL challenging the Delhi government’s pilot project. The court was examining whether the AAP government’s project at the GTB Hospital to give preferential treatment to city residents was violating the right to equality and life enjoyed by others under the Constitution (ET Healthworld – PTI).

(Advocate Ira Gupta):  Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation recently flagged off Rang Badlav Ke – Paint the Change, a volunteer and community participation event at Sanjay Camp that aims at mobilizing hundreds of volunteers and artists to give the slum community a vibrant facelift. It attempts at bridging the gaps and increasing community participation by inviting the affluent neighbourhood to contribute in transforming the Camp. This event is part of Bal Mitra Mandal (BMM), a programme initiated under the aegis of Nobel Peace Laureate Mr Kailash Satyarthi, endeavouring to build child-friendly urban slum communities where every child is safe, free, healthy and educated.

US FDA has approved rivaroxaban to reduce the risk of major cardiovascular events, such as CV death, myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke, in people with chronic coronary or peripheral artery disease (CAD/PAD).

Women who are pregnant should be taking this flu season very seriously. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a new study found that pregnant women who got the flu shot reduced their risk of being hospitalized for the flu by 40%. The reason doctors are urging women to get vaccinated is because last year’s flu season was the deadliest in four decades. And this season is already indicating it will be worse than usual

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Dr KK Aggarwal
Padma Shri Awardee
President Elect CMAAO
President Heart Care Foundation of India