Diabetes mellitus

525,000 people in Bulgaria are diagnosed with diabetes. It turns out that too many people do not know they are affected by the disease. It is assumed that the total number of the affected people is about 800,000.

Former Mayor of Galiche village in Vratsa - Tsenko Chokov, is no longer sleeping in a cell because he was placed under house arrest. The measure is valid as long as the case filed against him at the Special Court continues.

Two in 10 Greeks have a high or very high risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a study on the disease in Greece conducted by the National School of Public Health's Department of Health Economics and the Federation of Cooperative Pharmacists of Greece.

The number of people, whio do not know they have diabetes is very high, which is why regular prophylaxis and a healthy lifestyle is important, Prof. Ivona Daskalova , Head of the Clinic of Endocrinology and Diseases of Burning at the Military Medical Academy, told BNT breakfast programme on 14th of Novemner.

New research from the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) has discovered that Turkish parents would struggle to spot this serious life-long disease in their own children.

People with diabetes, high blood pressure and heart problems can not drive - these are part of the rules set out in the draft new Health Ministry. The aim is to limit catastrophes.

Тhe Health Ministry have explained that bans apply only to severe forms of diabetes and hypertension when there is a risk that the driver will lose consciousness.

The obesity rate for second graders (aged around 7-8) in Turkey rose to 10 percent in 2017, up from 6.5 percent in 2009, Health Minister Ahmet Demircan said on Nov. 14, World Diabetes Day. 

Today is the World Day for Fighting Diabetes. In Bulgaria, 460,000 people live with diabetes, and another 200,000 are affected, but they do not know and are not treated, BNT reported.

One in two people with this disease remain undiagnosed, leading to complications, severe injuries and premature death, the National Association "Children and Young People with Diabetes" reported.

World Diabetes Day has been running annually on Tuesday, November 14 since 1991, it began in response to growing concerns about the escalating health threat posed by the illness.

Obesity rates in Greece and around the world are rising and scientists estimate that by 2025, 480,000 Greek school-age children will be obese or overweight.

The Hellenic Association for the Study of Obesity, Metabolism and Eating Disorders (EPAMEDI) warns Greek society to “Treat obesity today to avoid the consequences later”, in a message just ahead of World Obesity Day (11/10).