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Diabetic women using IUDs less prone to heart attacks, strokes

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New York, Diabetic women, IUD, heart attacks, strokes, contraception,women,health,New York: Diabetic women who use contraception measures such as intrauterine devices (IUDs) and under-the-skin implants are less likely to have strokes and heart attacks, researchers have found.The study found these birth control measures are the safest options for women with diabetes than using hormonal contraception.

“Clinicians need to get beyond the idea that birth control just means ‘the pill’. There are options that are safe and effective for all women, including those with diabetes,” said Eleanor Bimla Schwarz, Professor at the University of California – Davis, US. Physicians have been especially reluctant to prescribe hormonal birth control such as oral contraceptives, transdermal patches and vaginal rings as they contain estrogen and thus increase the risk of heart attacks, strokes and blood clots — also known as thromboembolism.

For women with diabetes, these risks are two to four times higher, the researchers said.In the study, the team examined the records of nearly 150,000 women in the reproductive age-group with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, to evaluate their hormonal birth control prescriptions and the occurrence of thromboembolism. The results showed that the contraceptives least likely to be associated with thrombosis were IUDs and subdermal implants, while estrogen patches and progestin-only injections were both associated with slightly increased risks of thromboembolism.

“The next step is to understand the best ways to share this information with women who have diabetes and make sure they are consistently offered a full range of contraceptive options,” Schwarz said. The study was published in the journal Diabetes Care.

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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