It’s good news. For the first time, numbers of people suffering from TB have declined, said world Health Organization.

As per latest data released by World Health Organization, there is also a decline in global death rates. Still deficiency of funds can be a problem, especially with regards to Tuberculosis.

As per the general secretary, we can’t be complacent when it comes to disease.

In 2003, around 1.8 million people died from tuberculosis; the figure reduced to 1.4 million in 2010.

Challenges Ahead

Good progress was done by China, cited the organization.

“This is major progress. But it is no cause for complacency,” the UN Secretary-General said in a statement.

“Too many millions still develop TB each year, and too many die. I urge serious and sustained support for TB prevention and care, especially for the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people.”

Again, the funding issue seems to be a bigger problem. The organization warns a gap of around $1 billion for the year 2012.

Researchers from University of Wisconsin have said that a gene has been identified that enhances diabetes susceptibility. Researchers performed the test on mice and came up with conclusion that tomosyn-2 was controlled by the gene and insulin secretion was inhibited from pancreas.

Comparison was done between two groups of mice and they revealed difference in amino acid destabilized tomosyn-2 the group that was resistant to diabetes.

Thus, the secretion of insulin gets controlled preventing these animals to avoid diabetes.
Though several studies have been conducted earlier also, this is the most comprehensive one as of now. Scientists hope that this linkage will be helpful in the prevention of disease.

If a body maintains proper and right metabolism, insulin remains controlled which in turns controls insulin level. If the production of insulin in not sufficient in the body, diabetes gets developed and there increase chances of high blood sugar level.
This study was promulgated in the journal PLoS Genetics.

According to an article by American Diabetes Association, highlight that Diabetes links to sleep as well. A lack of sleep can cause high blood sugar level which can lead to Diabetes.Researchers are unclear whether inadequate sleep can be the reason of changes in blood sugar. But as per the results, it is clear that high level of blood sugar is present in those people who do not sleep properly.

A scientific study was done in Tertiary Care Children’s Hospital at Sleep Laboratory and Clinical Translational Research Centre and fourteen year age of average children were monitored for more than thirty six hours. It was measured through Anthropometric, Polysomnography, Frequently Sampled Intravenous Glucose Tolerance Test and Oral Glucose Tolerance Test.After that levels of blood sugar and insulin were compared and calculated with the duration of sleep of different people.

Dr. Dorit Koren, a pediatric endocrinologist working at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, says “Our study found to keep glucose levels stable, the optimal amount of sleep for teenagers is 7.5 to 8.5 hours per night”.In some cases, inadequate sleeps showed signs of decrease in insulin production. Dr. Koren is now planning to focus on teenagers and how they behave at home.