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Friday, October, 23, 2009

Different Types Of Treatment For Diabetes

'Double diabetes' is growing more common

October 02, 2008
Patients who have Type 1 diabetes and are overweight are at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes as well. This problem--called 'double diabetes'--is becoming more common. Doctors say it is difficult to treat both types of the disease at once, since drugs that treat Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes work differently. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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The Diversity of Diabetes
By Dr. Fran Cogen , Health Expert

Diabetes is not one disease and different types of diabetes have been identified in the scientific... Read more »

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Innovative Research and Type 1 Diabetes: “Of Mice and Men”
By Dr. Fran Cogen , Health Expert

...you my vision for a potential treatment of type 1 diabetes mellitus. I proposed that a... Read more »

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Type one-and-a-half diabetes
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert

For years, we have had terminology dividing diabetes into subgroups: there's "type 1" and "type 2"... Read more »

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Straight from the Womb: Are we dooming our children?
By Dr. Frank Varon , Health Expert

...risk of obesity in childhood was just published in Diabetes Care by the American Diabetes... Read more »

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Flatbush diabetes
By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert

Most of us who have had diabetes for at least a few years are likely to be familiar with the main... Read more »

Health Guide

What do I need to know about diabetes?"
Diabetes is called a disorder of metabolism. More simply put, diabetes keeps your body from properly utilizing the sugar obtained from food. Your body changes most of the food you eat into a form of... Read more »
Pre-Diabetes Risks, Symptoms & Prevention
Pre-diabetes is a health condition that carries no symptoms. Commonly referred to as "impaired glucose tolerance," approximately 54 million people in the United States twenty years and... Read more »
How To Use This Site
Welcome This site will serve a constant tool through each stage of understanding diabetes. You can find a list of terms your doctor (link) may use during each visit. We also provide a drug library,... Read more »
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
What is gestational diabetes mellitus?Pregnancy has typically been viewed as a statement of health, as it should be. In the midst of morning sickness, heartburn, exhaustion, and the excitement of... Read more »
Stanford University Seeks Help in Patient Study
Self-Management@Stanford Healthier Living with Diabetes is a workshop and study given on the Internet. Researchers at Stanford University are currently recruiting participants with type 2 diabetes... Read more »

Medications

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...high blood sugar. It is used in patients with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent diabetes).... Read more »

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...(ex-EN-a-tide) Uses Exenatide is used along with other oral diabetes medications (e.g.,... Read more »

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...to control high blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent diabetes).... Read more »

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...control high blood sugar in patients with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent diabetes). It... Read more »

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...control high blood sugar in patients with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent diabetes).... Read more »

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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- For patients with both Type 2 diabetes and heart disease, choosing drug therapy or surgery produces similar death rates,... Read summary »

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