Diabetes Mellitus Complications Athletes Foot
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- What Is It? & Symptoms
- Diagnosis & Expected Duration
- Prevention & Treatment
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Prevention
You can help to prevent type 2 diabetes by maintaining your ideal body weight, especially if you have a strong family history of diabetes. Diet and exercise have been shown to delay the onset of diabetes in people who are in the early stages of insulin resistance, identified by borderline blood sugar levels. The medication metformin (Glucophage) offers some additional protection for people with blood glucose levels that are between 100 and 125 mg/dL, near the diabetes range. People...
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Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Source: Harvard Decision Guide
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Type 1 Diabetes: diabetes mellitus, juvenile diabetes
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
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Athlete's foot
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Diabetes: Type 2: Emergency Complications
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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