Tag: #diabetes
Articles tagged with #diabetes
Undernourished to overweight
As obesity and diabetes increase in Nepal, comes the blockbuster drug Ozempic
A deadly sugar rush
Diabetes is rising among Nepalis, but almost half of the cases are undiagnosed
Why do so many Nepalis have high blood pressure?
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAThe past year-and-half since the Covid-19 outbreak, Nepal’s limited health resources all had a singular focus. But now that…
POOR HEALTH MAKES NEPALIS POORER
Photo : BIKRAM RAIThere used to be a time when the main public health threat in Nepal was from infectious diseases like malaria, encephalitis,…
New treatment offers hope for Nepal’s leprosy patients
Hospital has novel solution to heal wounds, but no cure for stigma and ostracisation
Poor health
For many decades it was an accepted truth that Nepal’s main public health threat was from infectious diseases, and the most cost-effective way…