Managing diabetes key to lowering kidney disease

17/04/2019 0 Comments read Health & Science

By Neena Bhandari

Sydney, 17 April 2019 (Scidev.Net): Growing incidences of diabetes and obesity are increasing the burden of kidney disease in the Asia Pacific region, noted the International Society of Nephrology’s (ISN) Report on Global Kidney Health Atlas launched at the World Congress of Nephrology (April 12 to 15) in Melbourne, Australia.

The report highlighted the urgent need for appropriate diabetes management practices to reduce the burden of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD)— also referred to as end-stage renal disease—the last stage of long-term chronic kidney disease. Between 2001 and 2014, ESKD incidences increased by over 1,000 per cent in Thailand, 190 per cent in the Philippines and 162 per cent in Malaysia, with diabetes being the cause in majority of the cases. Globally, 160 million patients with Type 2 diabetes are at risk of developing chronic kidney disease.

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A life battle with Poliomyelitis

12/04/2019 0 Comments read Disability, Health & Science, Poliomyelitis

By Neena Bhandari

It was a meek October morning in 1967, only a month away from my third birthday, I had worn my frilled frock and white laced shoes to go and receive the triple polio vaccine. As I sang and danced along the way, making it difficult for my maternal grandfather to keep pace, little did I know that it was the last time I would be walking by myself.

Later that night, I remember my grandmother cuddling my tiny body burning with high fever as I complained of acute pain in my legs. She had carried me to the bathroom, where my legs collapsed.

In the days that followed, many more children like me began pouring into the Sawai Man Singh (SMS) hospital in Jaipur (Rajasthan). It was two weeks before the outbreak was diagnosed as `Poliomyelitis’. The word didn’t mean much to me then and I certainly didn’t realise the implications it would have for a life just beginning.

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India V/s Australia: सिडनी का ग्राउंड गुलाबी क्यों हो गया था?

06/01/2019 0 Comments read Cancer, Cricket & Sports, Gender, Health & Science

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नीना भंडारी सिडनी से, बीबीसी हिंदी के लिए

भारत और ऑस्ट्रेलिया के बीच खेले जा रहे पिंक टेस्ट मैच के तीसरे दिन सिडनी का हरा-भरा ग्राउंड गुलाबी हो गया. स्तन कैंसर के प्रति जागरुकता फैलाने के लिए यहां क्रिकेट और संस्कृति का अनोखा संगम देखने को मिला. मीडिया रिपोर्ट्स के मुताबिक ग्राउंड पर गुलाबी साड़ी पहने कम-से-कम सौ महिलाएं मौजूद थीं, जो ब्रेस्ट स्क्रीनिंग और केयर के प्रति जागरुकता फैलाने के लिए आईं थीं. ना सिर्फ औरतों बल्कि मर्दों ने भी गुलाबी पगड़ी, कमीज़ और टोपी पहनकर इस अभियान का समर्थन किया.

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English Translation: English Translation of Pink Sari

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