Warwick University, UK will join hands with King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Sheikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore and Army Medical College, Rawalpindi for sharing clinical research data so as to chalk out a joint mechanism to avoid complications associated with different chronic diseases.
This was stated by Professor Paul J Thornalley of Warwick University, who also heads Protein Damage and System Biology Research Group and Clinical Science Research Institute in Coventry in the United Kingdom, while talking to Business Recorder, on Thursday.
Professor Paul J Thornalley and Dr Naila Rabbani who are leading doctors and researchers are currently visiting Pakistan to deliver a series of lectures to family physicians in Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi and Faisalabad.
Expressing grave concern over rise in cases of diabetes, renal failure and cardiovascular diseases, they called for updating the knowledge of family physicians of developing countries on latest advancements in the treatment of various diseases including diabetes.
Dr Naila Rabbani, who is assistant professor at University of Warwick, stated that quality of life of diabetic patients and their families could be improved and expenses could be reduced if people had better access to preventive care, diagnosed earlier and had more intensive care for diabetes and its complications.
According to her, diabetes is a major threat to global public health that is rapidly getting worse and its biggest impact is on adults of working age in developing countries.
She maintained that obesity is not only a major risk factor for type-2 diabetes but also for other non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease (heart attack and stroke). Today, diabetes and other non-communicable diseases related to obesity account for more deaths each year world-wide than Aids. Diabetes has become one of the major causes of premature illness and death in most countries, mainly through the increased risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVD), she said.
She opined that if every individual, even those who are not diabetic, reduce the consumption of sugar by 75-percent and follow healthy physical activity for at least 30 minutes a day, the prevalence of diabetes could be reduced significantly. She also said that more and more cases of diabetes were being noticed among children of 8, 10 and 12 years. Answering a question, Professor Paul J Thornalley said that in UK, 3-percent of total population is diagnosed with diabetes.
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