What Are The Early Warning Signs Of Lung Cancer
Health Encyclopedia: Type 1 Diabetes
- Type 1 Diabetes
- Highlights
- Type 1 Diabetes: Introduction
- Causes
- Type 1 Diabetes: Risk Factors
- Type 1 Diabetes Symptoms
- Life-Threatening Complications
Long-Term Complications
Type 1 diabetes reduces the normal life span by an average of 5 to 8 years. However, survival rates are improving in all ethnic groups and both genders. Longer survival rates are probably due to improvements in monitoring and tighter control of blood glucose. There are two important approaches to preventing complications from type 1 diabetes:
- Intensive control of blood glucose and keeping glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels below 7.0. This approach is proving to prevent ...
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Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Highlights
...include three cell types: squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, and large cell carcinoma. In the early stages, surgery can treat all three types.Squamous cell carcinoma is usually found in the... Read more »Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Symptoms
Lung cancer is unlikely to produce symptoms until the disease is advanced. When symptoms develop, they may result from the lung tumor itself, from its effects on tissues outside the lung, or... Read more »Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease: Diseases with Similar Symptoms
...attack is often marked by a cough that produces a thick, stringy mucus.Lung CancerThere are usually no symptoms of lung cancer until the disease is advanced. Frequent bouts of pneumonia or a lung... Read more »Rheumatoid Arthritis: Highlights
...Rheumatoid ArthritisSeveral 2006 studies suggest that aggressive treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in its early stages may help lead to remission. Among these findings:A combination of... Read more »Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Diagnostic Tests
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