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‘Why does the urine of people with diabetes smell so strongly?’
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‘Why does the urine of people with diabetes smell so strongly?’

4 min readNew DelhiMay 16, 2026 09:30 AM IST It’s something many people notice but don’t always talk about: a sudden change in urine smell. Sometimes it’s stronger, sometimes slightly sweet, and at times, just unusual enough to raise concern. An internet user took to Quora enquiring about the same. The query read: Why does...

‘Not a common reason for misleading HbA1c’: Neurologist busts diabetes myth, reveals real culprits
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‘Not a common reason for misleading HbA1c’: Neurologist busts diabetes myth, reveals real culprits

HbA1c tests are widely used to assess long-term blood sugar control and play a major role in diagnosing and monitoring diabetes. However, misconceptions about what can affect HbA1c readings continue to circulate online, particularly around whether extremely high blood sugar levels themselves can make the test unreliable. Neurologist Dr Sudhir Kumar recently addressed this topic...

Prateek Yadav dies at 38: Experts on pulmonary thromboembolism, heart attack link
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Prateek Yadav dies at 38: Experts on pulmonary thromboembolism, heart attack link

4 min readNew DelhiMay 14, 2026 03:00 PM IST Samajwadi Party (SP) founder Mulayam Singh Yadav’s 38-year-old younger son Prateek Yadav died due to pulmonary thromboembolism, a report in the Indianexpress said. According to the post-mortem findings, the immediate cause of death was a massive blockage in the pulmonary arteries caused by thromboembolic material, or...

‘What is the reason for giving Metformin to pre-diabetic patients? Can I stop taking it when my glucose levels are normal?’
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‘What is the reason for giving Metformin to pre-diabetic patients? Can I stop taking it when my glucose levels are normal?’

3 min readNew DelhiMay 14, 2026 06:00 AM IST Why is metformin given to pre-diabetic patients? Answering this Quora query, Dr Pranav Ghody, a consultant endocrinologist and diabetologist at Wockhardt Hospitals, Mumbai Central, explained that pre-diabetes indicates that blood sugar levels are higher than normal but not high enough to be classified as diabetes. “At...

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