After a meal, a portion of the food a person eats is broken down into sugar (glucose). The sugar then passes into the bloodstream and to the body's cells via a hormone (called insulin) that is produced by the pancreas.
Beef chili is the new comfort food. This simple and familiar meal gives many Americans a sense of well-being. The combination of beef,... Read more »
We can reverse one of the most common and insidious complications of diabetes when we walk just a little more. From 50 to 70 percent of... Read more »
I have a fatty liver. There aren’t any symptoms, but the sonogram that I just had confirmed it. My doctor suspected it when a couple of... Read more »
Thankfully being diabetic doesn't mean you have to compromise on taste for the sake of your health. This recipe is a tasty, light and... Read more »
If you read my articles about diabetes here regularly, you might have noticed that I rarely cover four topics in the news:1. Knowing the... Read more »
A new study has found that people who have fatty liver disease are five times more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes than people who don't have fatty... Read more »
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Liver transplant is surgery to replace a diseased liver with a healthy liver.Alternative NamesHepatic transplant; Transplant - liverDescriptionThe... Read more »
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Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) is a protein found in all body tissues. Tissues with particularly high amounts of ALP include the liver, bile ducts, and... Read more »
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The two major forms of diabetes are type 1, previously called insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) or juvenile-onset diabetes, and type 2,... Read more »
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Diabetes is a chronic (lifelong) disease marked by high levels of sugar in the blood.See also:Gestational diabetesMetabolic syndromeType 1... Read more »