Sanjay Kalra, Ashok Kumar Das, Rakesh Sahay, Manash Baruah et al.
The advent of incretin mimetics such as glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) has enriched the armamentarium for diabetes management owing to their glycaemic as well as extra-glycaemic benefits. The approval status and availability of this class of drugs vary widely across the globe....
Sanjay Kalra, Minakshi Dhar, Faria Afsana, Pankaj Aggarwal et al.
The elderly population with diabetes is diverse with the majority experiencing a decline in physical and mental capabilities, impacting the entire diabetes management process. Therefore, a need for geriatric-specific guidelines, especially for the Asian population, was identified and subsequently de...
Sanjay Kalra, Shahjada Selim, Dina Shrestha, Noel Somasundaram et al.
Graves' disease (GD) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by activation of the TSH receptor by stimulatory autoantibodies (TSH Receptor Antibodies, or TRAbs), leading to unregulated thyroid hormone production. Diagnosis is largely based on the typical clinical picture and laboratory thyroid panel...
Noel Somasundaram, Sanjay Kalra, Dina Shrestha, Syed Abbas Raza et al.
Metformin is a cheap, orally administered, guideline recommended glucose-lowering drug (GLD), initiated as monotherapy in treatment naïve newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes (T2D), and in combination with other GLDs in T2D not controlled on metformin. The unique Asian T2D phenotype that is markedly diff...
Saptarshi Bhattacharya, Rakesh Sahay, Faria Afsana, Aisha Sheikh et al.
Global warming and endocrine disorders are intertwined issues posing significant challenges. Greenhouse gases emanating from human activities drive global warming, leading to temperature rise and altered weather patterns. South Asia has experienced a noticeable temperature surge over the past centur...
Kyungwon Kwak, Thomas S. Varner, Saptarshi Saha, Mesbah Uddin Bhuiyan et al.
Thomas S. Varner, Saptarshi Saha, Kyungwon Kwak, Mesbah Uddin Bhuiyan et al.
Sanjay Kalra, Faria Afsana, Ibrar Ahmad, Dimuthu Muthukuda et al.
Pre-Diabetes is a well-defined pre-disease state of type 2 diabetes mellitus. The problem is even worse in the South Asian region where not only ''is the burden'' of pre-diabetes huge, but, as a high-risk ethnicity, individuals tend to zoom into Type 2 diabetes at a much faster pace than other ethni...