Effective management of type 2 DM in India: Looking at low-cost adjunctive therapy

The prevalence of Diabetes is projected to increase to 80 million by 2030, placing an immense burden on the health care resources of our country. Thus, diabetes poses a challenge to health systems and the individual. Hence, it is necessary to look at adjuncts to effective management of Diabetes; adj...

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Autores principales: Aswathy, Sreedevi, Unnikrishnan, Ambika G., Kalra, Sanjay
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3659883/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23776869
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2230-8210.107865
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description The prevalence of Diabetes is projected to increase to 80 million by 2030, placing an immense burden on the health care resources of our country. Thus, diabetes poses a challenge to health systems and the individual. Hence, it is necessary to look at adjuncts to effective management of Diabetes; adjuncts which are not resource intensive and are nearer to the community that people live in. Yoga holds promise as a therapeutic intervention and health promotion measure. This brief communication explores the studies done to date on the beneficial effects of Yoga on Diabetes.
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spelling pubmed-36598832013-06-17 Effective management of type 2 DM in India: Looking at low-cost adjunctive therapy Aswathy, Sreedevi Unnikrishnan, Ambika G. Kalra, Sanjay Indian J Endocrinol Metab Brief Communication The prevalence of Diabetes is projected to increase to 80 million by 2030, placing an immense burden on the health care resources of our country. Thus, diabetes poses a challenge to health systems and the individual. Hence, it is necessary to look at adjuncts to effective management of Diabetes; adjuncts which are not resource intensive and are nearer to the community that people live in. Yoga holds promise as a therapeutic intervention and health promotion measure. This brief communication explores the studies done to date on the beneficial effects of Yoga on Diabetes. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3659883/ /pubmed/23776869 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2230-8210.107865 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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