Signs of Diabetes in Women: Symptoms by Age, PCOS & Tests
Medically reviewed by Dr. Sunil M. Jain, Chairman and Managing Director, TOTALL Diabetes Hormone Institute, Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Dr. Jain is an endocrinologist specialising in diabetes, thyroid disorders, obesity, PCOS and other hormonal conditions. Part of our guide to the signs of diabetes. The signs of diabetes in women largely overlap with those seen in […]
Signs of Diabetes: 8 Early Symptoms & When to Get Tested
Medically reviewed by Dr. Sunil M Jain, Chairman and Managing Director, TOTALL Diabetes Hormone Institute, Indore The most common signs of diabetes are passing urine more often, feeling very thirsty, constant tiredness, increased hunger, blurry vision, cuts that heal slowly, repeated infections and unexplained weight loss. In type 1 diabetes these signs usually appear within […]
What Is PMOS? Is It the Same as PCOS? (2026)
Medically reviewed by the endocrine and obesity-medicine team at TOTALL Diabetes Hormone Institute, Indore. Last updated July 2026. If you’ve seen the term PMOS appear where PCOS used to be, either in a news headline, on a health app, or in something a doctor said, you’re not imagining things and you haven’t missed a diagnosis. […]
PCOS Symptoms and the New PMOS Name: Complete 2026 Guide
Medically reviewed by the endocrine and obesity-medicine team at TOTALL Diabetes Hormone Institute, Indore. If you’ve searched for PCOS recently and come across the term PMOS, you haven’t stumbled onto a typo or a rumour. In May 2026, the condition long known as polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) was formally renamed polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS), […]
Will My PCOS Treatment Change Under the PMOS Name?
Medically reviewed by the endocrine and obesity-medicine team at TOTALL Diabetes Hormone Institute, Indore. If you already have a PCOS diagnosis, or you’re partway through treatment, the news that the condition has a new name can raise a very practical worry underneath the curiosity: does this mean something is different about my case now? The […]
Waist Circumference and Belly Fat: What Actually Matters
Medically reviewed by TOTALL Diabetes Hormone Institute, Indore. Two people can weigh exactly the same, have the same height, and even the same BMI, and carry very different amounts of health risk, because of where their body stores fat rather than how much of it there is overall. Belly fat specifically, and visceral fat in […]
Obesity, Sleep Apnea and OHS: The Breathing Connection
Medically reviewed by TOTALL Diabetes Hormone Institute, Indore. Snoring gets treated as a joke in most households, something for a partner to complain about rather than a reason to see a doctor. For a meaningful number of people carrying excess weight, it’s actually the most visible sign of a breathing disorder that’s doing real, measurable […]
Childhood Obesity in India: Causes, Risks, Prevention
Medically reviewed by TOTALL Diabetes Hormone Institute, Indore. A lot of what circulates about childhood weight in India is either dismissive (“baby fat, they’ll grow out of it”) or alarmist, built around BMI charts and language designed for adults. Neither serves parents well. Children’s bodies are still growing, which means the right reference charts, the […]
Best Diet for Weight Loss in India: What the Evidence Says
Medically reviewed by TOTALL Diabetes Hormone Institute, Indore. Search “best diet for weight loss” and you’ll find keto, intermittent fasting, high-protein, low-carb, and a dozen other approaches, each with a claim to being the one true answer. The evidence doesn’t actually support any single winner. What it supports is less exciting to sell but more […]
Bariatric Surgery in India: Types, Eligibility, Cost
Medically reviewed by TOTALL Diabetes Hormone Institute, Indore. Bariatric surgery is one of the most searched, and least accurately explained, obesity treatments in India. Search results are dominated by hospital marketing pages quoting a single “starting from” price and a vague BMI cutoff, and the reality is more layered: India actually has its own professional […]
