JDC monthly diabetes newsletter. Issue 53 March 2013

Dear Friends,

In this issue of Diabetes Gems in the month of March, we bring 2 articles on prevention and treatment of kidney disease in diabetes.14th March 2013 marks the World Kidney Day which is a global health awareness campaign celebrated every year on the second Thursday of March in more than 100 countries on 6 continents.

This issue’s diabetes educational video (in English) by Dr. Jothydev Kesavadev is on type 1 diabetes and children.

Other interesting articles include walnuts for the prevention of diabetes, incretin based therapies and protection from heart failure etc.

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Regards

JDC Diabetes Gems Team
Jothydev's Diabetes and Research Centre, Trivandrum, Kerala, INDIA
http://www.jothydev.net

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This is the theme of 5th World Congress of DiabetesIndia which is being organized from 18 – 21 April, 2013 at Hotel Le Meridian Convention Centre, Kochi. The scientific convention is packed with CME, Orations, Plenary Sessions, Workshops......

Type 1 Diabetes by Jothydev Kesavadev(English)	Video :In the monthly educational video on diabetes, this time Jothydev talks on the causes, tests and treatment for type 1 diabetes. READ MORE


1.	Dietary Management of Chronic Kidney Disease with base inducing foods Clinicians mostly use protein restriction to prevent kidney failure in CKD patients even though its effect is inconclusively proven. Recent findings notices that animal models of CKD show that acid-inducing dietary protein......... READ MORE
2.	Treatment of kidney disease in diabetes – new hope with ketoanalogue In a new publication from Jothydev’s Diabetes Research Centre, authors have described the use of ketoanalogue supplementation in preventing the progression of kidney disease in diabetes patients. The clinical.......... READ MORE
3.	HbA1c in children-not yet at goal! Despite advances in technologies and strategies for care, achieving HbA1c targets remains a significant challenge for the majority of youth in the T1D Exchange registry. Most children with type 1 diabetes have hemoglobin........... READ MORE
4.	Januvia, Victoza group of drugs May Protect Patients from Developing Heart Failure A study conducted at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit found that a class of medications commonly prescribed to lower blood sugar in diabetic patients appears to protect them from developing heart failure.l......... READ MORE
5.	Theme of DiabetesIndia 2013 (Kochi) International Congress This is the theme of 5th World Congress of DiabetesIndia which is being organized from 18 – 21 April, 2013 at Hotel Le Meridian Convention Centre, Kochi. The scientific convention is packed with CME, Orations ......... READ MORE
6.	Calcium Test Predicts Stroke Risk A new study shows Coronary Artery Calcium (CAC) predicts stroke in both men and women and is more accurate in persons younger than 65 years than in older individuals. Lead investigator, Dirk M. Hermann, MD ........ READ MORE
7.	Walnuts Reduce Risk of Diabetes Walnuts which are rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and alpha-linolenic acid (the plant-based omega-3 fatty acid) can reduce insulin resistance. A group of researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health ......... READ MORE
8.	Diabetes drug updates FDA gives clearance to Bluetooth blood glucose meter ......... READ MORE
9.	Recipe of the month Saag Tofu ......... READ MORE
10.	JDC Updates Diabscreen Kerala free diabetes screening, awareness and treatment camp was conducted by P. Kesavadev Trust in association with Vivekananda Sardha Sathi Aghosha Samithi, Bharatannur, Palode on 9 Mar 2013, ......... READ MORE