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Health Encyclopedia: Type 2 Diabetes
- Type 2 Diabetes
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Introduction
The two major forms of diabetes are type 1 (previously called insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, IDDM, or juvenile-onset diabetes) and type 2 (previously called noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, NIDDM, or maturity-onset diabetes).
Insulin
Both diabetes type 1 and type 2 share one central feature: elevated blood sugar (glucose) levels due to insufficiencies of insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas. Insulin is a key regulator of the body's metabolism. It works in the follow...
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Expert & Community Posts
Diabetes Incidence On The Rise
By GingerVieira , Health Expert...the disease as if both diseases are the same and caused by the same things. I don’t think... Read more »
Types of Diabetes: are there more than two?
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert...called "idiopathic diabetes" (diabetes of unknown cause). According to the official... Read more »
Diabetes, High Blood Pressure and Cholesterol: How One Condition Impacts the Other
By Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert...considered a secondary condition that is likely to be caused in part and/or aggravated by the... Read more »
Inflammation and PAD
By David Mendosa , Health Expert...forms of inflammation."We have certain cells that cause inflammation, and they are white blood... Read more »
FDA Advisors advise continued access to Avandia
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert...caution against using the drug together with insulin because doing so may elevate heart risks.... Read more »
Health Guide
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
...insulin to meet the body's needs. The beta cell defects in gestational diabetes result from the same causes as hyperglycemia in general, and includes autoimmune disease, genetic, and insulin... Read more »What do I need to know about diabetes?"
...is diagnosed when a person can no longer make enough insulin, or use this insulin properly. Diabetes causes glucose to build up in the blood instead of moving into the cells. There are three main... Read more »Diabetes Diet: Introduction
...glucose into cells, blood glucose levels become excessively high, a condition known as hyperglycemia.Because the body cannot utilize the sugar, it spills over into the urine and is lost.Weakness,... Read more »Type 1 Diabetes: diabetes mellitus, juvenile diabetes
...glucose into cells, blood glucose levels become excessively high, a condition known as hyperglycemia.Because the body cannot utilize the sugar, it spills over into the urine and is lost.Weakness,... Read more »Type 2 Diabetes: Causes - Insulin Resistance
CausesType 2 diabetes is caused by a complicated interplay of genes, environment, insulin abnormalities, increased glucose production in the liver, increased fat breakdown, and possibly defective... Read more »Images
Diabetic retinopathy images. Image of diabetic retinopathy in the body and its causes.... Read more »
Medications
...to control high blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent diabetes).... Read more »
...unaffected by these drugs. While exenatide does not cause low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) itself,... Read more »
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...that your doctor has prescribed this medication because he or she has judged that the benefit to... Read more »
...that your doctor has prescribed this medication because he or she has judged that the benefit to... Read more »
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Another Link to Metabolic Syndrome
May 29, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The small portion of LDL (bad cholesterol) that undergoes oxidation may be one of the causes of metabolic syndrome, a cluster... Read summary »
Diabetes Treatment Ups Depression Risk
July 09, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) The treatment used to help people with type 2 diabetes may cause some patients to develop depression. Johns Hopkins researchers... Read summary »
Diabetes Drug Lowers Risk of Heart Problems
October 31, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A common diabetes drug may help keep patients from dying from one of the complications of the disease. A new report from Johns... Read summary »
Genes and Diabetes Increase Heart Problems
December 03, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Type 2 diabetes is a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease. It increases a person's risk of having a major cardiac event... Read summary »
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