Diabetes News – Newsletter for February 4, 2011

Diabetes’ link to viral infection confirmed

LONDON – An Australian study has suggested that kids with Type 1 diabetes are nearly 10 times more likely to have a viral infection as compared to healthy children.

Childhood diabetes has been linked to enteroviruses, which can lead to cold, flu and even meningitis. But the researchers have disapproved that the virus causes diabetes.

Researchers at … Original source on Gaea Times at : Diabetes’ link to viral infection confirmed.

K Subrahmanyam – Strategic Guru

NEW DELHI – K Subrahmanyam (1929 – 2011), the strategic guru for most Indian security analysts who passed away on Feb 2 after a long struggle with diabetes and cancer combined the finest qualities of head and heart. A civil servant who shunned the trappings of power … Read : K Subrahmanyam – Strategic Guru.