JDC monthly diabetes newsletter. Issue 31, MAY 2011

Issue 31, MAY 2011

Dear Friends,

      World Health Organisation has released the video "WHO: Unite in the fight against Non-Communicable Diseases" at Moscow in April 2011. The WHO video highlights the present crisis created by diabetes, heart disease, cancers etc. Here is the link to the video in YouTube.

      In the monthly JDC Diabetes GEMS video, Dr. Jothydev Kesavadev discusses the Top 8 questions on diabetes from patients and lucidly describes the answers.

      The research team at Jothydev's Diabetes and Research Centre is proud to announce the publication of one more research work on insulin pumps conducted at our centre and published in an international indexed medical journal. The findings of this new study apparently proves the role of insulin pumps in treating neurological diseases and involvement in diabetes

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Regards
JDC Diabetes Gems Team
Jothydev's Diabetes and Research Centre, Trivandrum, Kerala, INDIA
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