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Monday, June 16, 2003
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‘Sweet’ disease
Vinod Kumar

HUMAN body is susceptible to many kinds of diseases and diabetes is one of them. It is an incurable disease, which needs lifelong treatment. Improper treatment can considerably shorten the life of a patient. Medical science has made a remarkable progress but still there is no effective cure and the disease is still incurable. Indians are more prone to diabetes than almost any other population in the world. If a person is suffering from diabetes, undoubtedly it’s a matter of worry. World Diabetes Day falls on June 27 (November 14 according to some portals though a date dispute can never dilute the importance of issue). We are providing you a list of Website on diabetes and diabetes care from many sources.

www.diabetes-india.com

This was the first ever diabetes Website developed by Indians. It contains every bit of information regarding diabetes. Here medical and health advice related to diabetes is available. Medically qualified professionals give all medical and health advice provided here. Information regarding the diabetic diet and the footwear is given here and these diet recipes have been given by doctors and dieticians. Here, a search engine is given that can be used to search doctors providing diabetes care in the region. All queries from Indians with diabetes are answered by Indian doctors on this site. You can read about a rare case of a baby with diabetes on this site. It also contains links to some other useful sites related to diabetes.

http://diabetesindia.com

This is another site, which contains information on diabetes. Vital information regarding diabetes, cause, cure, and diet is available in detail. Latest articles on diabetes written by medical professional are given here. A drug and diabetes dictionary is available on this site that can be used to understand terminology related to it. Apart from this, there is big collection of jokes and other humorous stuff.