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**tgs** · 06-29-2012, 12:01 PM

Kounteya Sinha, The Times Of India.

NEW DELHI: India is all set to unveil a path-breaking test for diabetes that will save both money and blood.

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is almost ready with a new digital finger-pricking blood sugar machine that will not require repeated use of testing strips. Significantly, it will cost less than Rs 2 per blood sample and require 1,000 times lesser blood than what glucose meters use now. Even better, it will take only 10 seconds to know your blood glucose count.

Being developed by professor of biological sciences at BITS-Pilani, Dr Suman Kapur, the test will undergo final evaluation by July 15 and is expected to be ready for mass production by December.

This low-cost rapid test will be a boon for India which plans to test five crore people for diabetes by the end of this year. India plans to screen all adult males above 30 years of age and pregnant women of all age groups for diabetes and hypertension in 100 districts across 21 states.

I am sorry for the Caste Conscious folks I do not know his caste. But He is a PIO.

**softy54534** · 06-29-2012, 01:34 PM

Lot of my close relatives, friends are pre-diabetic, but would simply ignore. In India,a random sugar or BP of 150 are normal, lol!

We need to control the measures of junk (salt, sugar, carb ) eating, rather than measuring the sugars/BP often. Though monitoring our lavishness is a good start, It would be a better measure, if the sweet or fast foods shops are reduced to one per town!

BTW, kapoor is a kshatriya, Wow! when did kshatriyas get to the field of research and forgot the cause of the problems?. Now, I know, why our brahmins are in the Army, and lost our India to the terrorists

**radikal** · 06-30-2012, 03:00 AM

India which is fast acquiring the tag of diabetic capital of the world what with 11% of the population suffering from diabetes (Diabetic and Pre Diabetic)..

Diabetes should be detected early and life style changes (in terms of diet, excercising, stress alleviation & stopping junk food) are to be brought about.This would almost solve 90% of the diabetes cases who suffer from Type 2 Diabetes....The remaining is Type 1 which is hereditary & those with a family history are more prone to it

Also most of the diabetes medicines are more corrective rather than preventive...You end up increasing the intake of oral medicines & insulin injections

This cheap method of diabetes detection would go a long way in controlling the onslaught of diabetes..Hope the kit is launched quickly without getting entangled in maze of bureaucracy

**LottiFurmann** · 06-30-2012, 05:37 AM

For the benefit of prasadji.
Someone has meticulously prepared a list.
If suman kapoor works in bits, pilani, is he an indian or PIO?

Most of Bollywood actors is punjabi and mainly from one caste

Khatri/Arora Caste

Raj Kapoor
Shammi Kapoor
Shashi Kapoor
Randhir Kapoor
Rishi Kapoor
Karisma Kapoor
Kareena Kapoor
Ranbir Kapoor
Surinder Kapoor
Shekhar Kapoor
Boney Kapoor
Anil Kapoor
Sanjay Kapoor
Sonam Kapoor
Jeetendra (Ravi Kapoor)
Tusshar Kapoor
Ekta Kapoor
The Malhotras
Premnath Malhotra
Bina Rai Malhotra
Rajindernath Malhotra
Prem Krishen Malhotras
Balraj Sahni
Bhisham Sahni
Parikshit Sahni
Chetan Anand
Dev Anand
Vijay Anand
Baldev Raj Chopra
Yash Chopra
Ravi Chopra
Aditya Chopra
Uday Chopra
Prem Chopra
Rajendra Kumar
Kumar Gaurav
Madan Puri
Amrish Puri
Rajesh Khanna
Twinkle Khanna
Rinke Khanna
Vinod Khanna
Akshaye Khanna
Rahul Khanna
Hrithik Roshan.
Rakesh Roshan
Rajesh Roshan
Hrithik Roshan
Kabir Bedi
Pooja Bedi
Protima Bedi
Pankaj Kapur
Shahid Kapoor
Suresh Oberoi
Vivek Oberoi
Paintal
Gufi Paintal
Hiten Paintal
Malaika Arora Khan
Amrita Arora
Om Puri
Akshay Kumar Bhatia
Aditya Pancholi
Arjun Rampal
Armaan Kohli
Bhumika Chawla
Celina Jaitley
Lara Dutta
Deepak Parashar
David Dhawan
Deepti Naval
Deepa Sahi
Divya Dutta
Gul Panag
Govinda
Gulshan Grover
Gracy Singh
I. S. Johar
Juhi Chawla
Kunal Kapoor
Kamini Kaushal
Kanwaljit Singh
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Kirron Kher
Karan Johar
Lara Dutta
Manoj Kumar
Mukesh Khanna
Mandira Bedi
Monica Bedi
Mona Singh
Neha Dhupia
Nargis
Neetu Singh
Navin Nischol
Om Puri
Om Prakash
Prem Chopra
Pran
Parmeet Sethi
Pooja Batra
Pooja Bedi
Priyanka Chopra
Ruby Bhatia
Ranjeet
Raveena Tandon
Raageshwari
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Rajat Kapoor
Rajit Kapur
Samir Soni
Simone Singh
Vinod Mehra
Shiny Ahuja
Shakti Kapoor
Sonu Walia
Sonu Sood
Upasana Singh
Geeta Bali
Yogeeta Bali
Sudesh Beri
Ranveer Singh
Mukesh
Labh Janjua
Shailendra Singh
Kundan Lal Saigal
Mahendra Kapoor
Surinder Kaur
Sukhvinder Singh
Sonu Nigam
Bhupinder Singh
Poornima
Himani Kapoor
Neha Bhasin
Yash Chopra
Subhash Ghai
David Dhawan
Loveleen Tandan
Karan Johar
Harry Baweja
Vidhu Vinod Chopra
B. R. Chopra
Kunal Kohli
Gulzar
Deepa Mehta
Gurinder Chadha
Namrata Singh Gujral
Meera Syal
Sanjeev Bhaskar
Parminder Nagra
Saira Mohan
Purva Bedi
Waris Ahluwalia
Archie Panjabi

06-29-2012, 12:01 PM	#1
tgs Join Date Mar 2007 Age 48 Posts 5,125 Senior Member	Blood sugar test for Rs 2, in 10 seconds Kounteya Sinha, The Times Of India. NEW DELHI: India is all set to unveil a path-breaking test for diabetes that will save both money and blood. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is almost ready with a new digital finger-pricking blood sugar machine that will not require repeated use of testing strips. Significantly, it will cost less than Rs 2 per blood sample and require 1,000 times lesser blood than what glucose meters use now. Even better, it will take only 10 seconds to know your blood glucose count. Being developed by professor of biological sciences at BITS-Pilani, Dr Suman Kapur, the test will undergo final evaluation by July 15 and is expected to be ready for mass production by December. This low-cost rapid test will be a boon for India which plans to test five crore people for diabetes by the end of this year. India plans to screen all adult males above 30 years of age and pregnant women of all age groups for diabetes and hypertension in 100 districts across 21 states. I am sorry for the Caste Conscious folks I do not know his caste. But He is a PIO. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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06-29-2012, 01:34 PM	#2
softy54534 Join Date Apr 2007 Posts 5,457 Senior Member	Lot of my close relatives, friends are pre-diabetic, but would simply ignore. In India,a random sugar or BP of 150 are normal, lol! We need to control the measures of junk (salt, sugar, carb ) eating, rather than measuring the sugars/BP often. Though monitoring our lavishness is a good start, It would be a better measure, if the sweet or fast foods shops are reduced to one per town! BTW, kapoor is a kshatriya, Wow! when did kshatriyas get to the field of research and forgot the cause of the problems?. Now, I know, why our brahmins are in the Army, and lost our India to the terrorists Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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06-30-2012, 03:00 AM	#3
radikal Join Date Oct 2005 Age 54 Posts 4,523 Senior Member	India which is fast acquiring the tag of diabetic capital of the world what with 11% of the population suffering from diabetes (Diabetic and Pre Diabetic).. Diabetes should be detected early and life style changes (in terms of diet, excercising, stress alleviation & stopping junk food) are to be brought about.This would almost solve 90% of the diabetes cases who suffer from Type 2 Diabetes....The remaining is Type 1 which is hereditary & those with a family history are more prone to it Also most of the diabetes medicines are more corrective rather than preventive...You end up increasing the intake of oral medicines & insulin injections This cheap method of diabetes detection would go a long way in controlling the onslaught of diabetes..Hope the kit is launched quickly without getting entangled in maze of bureaucracy Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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06-30-2012, 05:37 AM	#4
LottiFurmann Join Date Jan 2008 Posts 4,494 Senior Member	For the benefit of prasadji. Someone has meticulously prepared a list. If suman kapoor works in bits, pilani, is he an indian or PIO? Most of Bollywood actors is punjabi and mainly from one caste Khatri/Arora Caste Raj Kapoor Shammi Kapoor Shashi Kapoor Randhir Kapoor Rishi Kapoor Karisma Kapoor Kareena Kapoor Ranbir Kapoor Surinder Kapoor Shekhar Kapoor Boney Kapoor Anil Kapoor Sanjay Kapoor Sonam Kapoor Jeetendra (Ravi Kapoor) Tusshar Kapoor Ekta Kapoor The Malhotras Premnath Malhotra Bina Rai Malhotra Rajindernath Malhotra Prem Krishen Malhotras Balraj Sahni Bhisham Sahni Parikshit Sahni Chetan Anand Dev Anand Vijay Anand Baldev Raj Chopra Yash Chopra Ravi Chopra Aditya Chopra Uday Chopra Prem Chopra Rajendra Kumar Kumar Gaurav Madan Puri Amrish Puri Rajesh Khanna Twinkle Khanna Rinke Khanna Vinod Khanna Akshaye Khanna Rahul Khanna Hrithik Roshan. Rakesh Roshan Rajesh Roshan Hrithik Roshan Kabir Bedi Pooja Bedi Protima Bedi Pankaj Kapur Shahid Kapoor Suresh Oberoi Vivek Oberoi Paintal Gufi Paintal Hiten Paintal Malaika Arora Khan Amrita Arora Om Puri Akshay Kumar Bhatia Aditya Pancholi Arjun Rampal Armaan Kohli Bhumika Chawla Celina Jaitley Lara Dutta Deepak Parashar David Dhawan Deepti Naval Deepa Sahi Divya Dutta Gul Panag Govinda Gulshan Grover Gracy Singh I. S. Johar Juhi Chawla Kunal Kapoor Kamini Kaushal Kanwaljit Singh Kulbhushan Kharbanda Kirron Kher Karan Johar Lara Dutta Manoj Kumar Mukesh Khanna Mandira Bedi Monica Bedi Mona Singh Neha Dhupia Nargis Neetu Singh Navin Nischol Om Puri Om Prakash Prem Chopra Pran Parmeet Sethi Pooja Batra Pooja Bedi Priyanka Chopra Ruby Bhatia Ranjeet Raveena Tandon Raageshwari Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Rajat Kapoor Rajit Kapur Samir Soni Simone Singh Vinod Mehra Shiny Ahuja Shakti Kapoor Sonu Walia Sonu Sood Upasana Singh Geeta Bali Yogeeta Bali Sudesh Beri Ranveer Singh Mukesh Labh Janjua Shailendra Singh Kundan Lal Saigal Mahendra Kapoor Surinder Kaur Sukhvinder Singh Sonu Nigam Bhupinder Singh Poornima Himani Kapoor Neha Bhasin Yash Chopra Subhash Ghai David Dhawan Loveleen Tandan Karan Johar Harry Baweja Vidhu Vinod Chopra B. R. Chopra Kunal Kohli Gulzar Deepa Mehta Gurinder Chadha Namrata Singh Gujral Meera Syal Sanjeev Bhaskar Parminder Nagra Saira Mohan Purva Bedi Waris Ahluwalia Archie Panjabi Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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