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Gestational diabetes was only added to the World Health Organization's list of diagnostic codes in 1979. Was this a new phenomenon in 1979? Physicians had known about diabetes for centuries. Had doctors just discovered gestational diabetes in 1979? Insulin had been used to treat diabetes since 1921 and oral medications since the early 1960s. So, why was gestational diabetes not given an official medical code until...
Diabetes Mellitus (noun): An endocrine disorder marked by inability to maintain glucose homeostasis. The type I form results... Read more »
Growing up on NPH and Regular insulin injections, my mom and I were always grappling with the peaks and valleys (literally) of these... Read more »
I have done my research! After reading Health Central's DiabeTeens.com, along with questions and concerns from my own teen patients with... Read more »
The dudes we can thank for our handy bottles of insulin are Fredrick G. Banting, Charles H. Best, J.J.R. Macleod and James B. Collip. They... Read more »
Our diabetes team is often asked about adjusting insulin regimes in relation to food and religious holidays. Typically, most religious... Read more »
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