Indians consume some form of dairy with almost every meal these days. And India has the second largest number of diabetics in the world! There is a connection.

The data available with the National Health Mission clearly shows that 48.1 per cent of the deaths in the last three days were a result of diabetes in the Covid-19 patients.

The incidence of diabetes has seen an alarming increase in recent decades worldwide, with the World Health Organization (WHO) estimating that the disease was directly responsible for 1.5 million deaths in 2019 alone.

About 33 per cent of the Indian population above 30 years is suffering from one or more lifestyle diseases such as diabetes, cardiac problems, blood pressure, thyroid and cancer.

The incident allegedly occurred when the couple flew with the airline from New Delhi to San Francisco on November 11,2020.

Diabetes is a major risk factor for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, which if left untreated may progress to liver scarring or liver fibrosis

Scientists cautioned that Covid-19 patients receiving SGLT2i drugs may be at risk of a particular subset of DKA, which prevents cells from receiving enough glucose

Here are some tips for people with diabetes to help control your blood sugar levels and thus reduce your insulin and medicine intake over time.

Scientists investigated 187 people with diabetes hospitalised with Covid-19 between March and April 2020.

As many as 134 million people in India, with more women at risk, could be afflicted with diabetes by 2045 due to reduced physical activity and poor diet.