It is important for people suffering from diabetes to be selective while picking up fast food items to munch on, says an expert. Amarjeet Singh Bhatia - Chief Medical Officer at Doctor Insta (a telehealth app), lists some fast food picks for diabetics: 1. Pizza - Pizza is one of the best choices for people suffering from diabetes. Just make sure that you order a tortilla and top it with vegetables rather than extra cheese and high fat toppings. 2. Burgers - Instead of burgers with double or triple patties, go for single burgers. Also, one needs to keep in mind that you opt for chicken, turkey or veggie burger. 3. Muffins - If you want to start your day with a morning pastry, you can surely go for muffins but one needs to keep in mind that those muffins must be low fat. Low fat muffins are easily available in the market. 4. Pancakes - Pancakes aren't off-limits if you can use sugar-free syrup and go easy on butter. Whole-grain choices can help stabilize blood ...
British doctors treated a grandmother’s dangerously high blood pressure by inserting an electric wire in her brain in a world first. Amely hoffmann, 55, had blood pressure that was so high she was at risk of suffering a stroke at any time. her condition was resistant to conventional drugs, of which she had taken eight different kinds for more than ten years. Desperate for a solution, she read online about a technique called Deep Brain stimulation (DBs) – used to control chronic pain and Parkinson’s disease – which was found to have the unexpected effect of also cutting blood pressure. this involves inserting a thin wire electrode into the brain and connecting it to a battery-powered pacemaker. Mrs hoffmann, from Germany, contacted the UK team who made the blood pressure discovery in 2011 and volunteered to be a human guinea pig. she then travelled to Britain for the surgery at Frenchay hospital in Bristol. her blood pressure, although still high, has dramatically dropped. Mrs hoffm...