JDC monthly diabetes newsletter.Issue 48 October 2012

Issue 48 October 2012

Dear Friends,

We are delighted to include our study from Kerala on Optimal Statin dosage (5 year retrospective analysis) presented at EASD, Berlin early this month.

The Video by Dr.Jothydev Kesavadev is on new guidelines and position statements on treatment of type 2 diabetes.

We also present before you scholarly articles on Alzheimer’s disease as a progressive type of diabetes, linked to food habits and probably with similar root causes, the link between childhood obesity and reduced brain development, the value of purple corn in diabetes prevention, the use of green tea as a diabetes prevention mechanism etc.

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

Diabetes treatment guidelines
(Malayalam video by Jothydev, MD)


1.	Optimal statin dosages and compliance: a five year retrospective cohort analysis in South Indian type 2 diabetes subjects This study was presented at EASD(European Association for the Study of Diabetes) from Jothydev’s Diabetes & Research Center by the team led by Dr.Jothydev Kesavadev........ READ MORE

2.	Alzheimer’s turns out to be “type 3 Diabetes”, the effect of what you eat ! If you keep away from processed meats, fries, cakes or pastries, your mind will be unharmed until your body fails you. Recent research studies have indicated that the link between........ READ MORE

3.	Childhood Obesity reduces Brain Development Childhood obesity has been linked to onset of metabolic syndrome and metabolic syndrome is a combination of risk factors or symptoms that are linked to conditions such as stroke, ......... READ MORE

4.	JDC GEMS Picture of the month: The blue circle is the universal symbol for diabetes. Until 2006, there was no global symbol for diabetes. The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) holds all rights to the........ READ MORE

5.	Purple Corn May Aid in Developing Future Treatments for Type 2 Diabetes, Kidney Disease Anthocyanins in purple corn inhibits diabetic nephropathy (DN) says the study published in the online edition of the American Journal of Physiology -- Renal Physiology........ READ MORE

6.	Drink Green Tea in plenty to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes Daily consumption of green tea may reduce the risk of T2 diabetes. G.J. van Woudenbergh of InterAct Consortium and colleagues found the possible protective effect after meta-analysis......... READ MORE

7.	Diabetes Medicine Updates SGLT-2 Demonstrates Reductions in Blood Pressure........ Investigational once-Weekly DPP-4 Inhibitor Significantly Lowered Blood Sugar in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes........ READ MORE

8.	JDC Updates As part of the Gandhi Jayanthi celebrations, Diabscreen Kerala free awareness, education and detection camp was organized by P.Kesavadev Trust in association with Prashanthi........ READ MORE